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J. J. White reexamines the use of myth in fiction in order to bring a new terminological precision into the field. While concentrating on the German novel (Mann, Broch, and Nossack), he discusses the work of Alberto Moravia, John Bowen, Michel Butor, and Macdonald Harris as well, in order to show the modern predilection for myth in whatever nationa



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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Chapter One. Myth and the Modern Novel, pg. 1*Chapter Two. Terms and Distinctions, pg. 32*Chapter Three. Approaches to the Mythological Novel, pg. 76*Chapter Four.The Unilinear Pattern of Development, pg. 118*Chapter Five. Distorted Motif-Structures, pg. 191*Select Bibliography, pg. 241*Index, pg. 255

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 3/8/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691620152, 978-0691620152
      ISBN10: 0691620156
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      J. J. White reexamines the use of myth in fiction in order to bring a new terminological precision into the field. While concentrating on the German novel (Mann, Broch, and Nossack), he discusses the work of Alberto Moravia, John Bowen, Michel Butor, and Macdonald Harris as well, in order to show the modern predilection for myth in whatever nationa



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Chapter One. Myth and the Modern Novel, pg. 1*Chapter Two. Terms and Distinctions, pg. 32*Chapter Three. Approaches to the Mythological Novel, pg. 76*Chapter Four.The Unilinear Pattern of Development, pg. 118*Chapter Five. Distorted Motif-Structures, pg. 191*Select Bibliography, pg. 241*Index, pg. 255

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