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A book about what does not happen in the Victorian novel. The description may sound absurd, yet consideration of alternatives to a given state of affairs is crucial to our understanding of a novel. Glatt demonstrates the Victorian novel is characterized by a proliferation of possibilities.

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"Counterfactuals have been of increasing interest to literary critics, and Narrative and Its Nonevents will thicken and enrich the conversation about them. Timely and lucidly phrased and organized, this book is also witty—occasionally it made me laugh out loud. Most important, it shows that Glatt is an acute critic, with a narratological argument that leads to fresh commentary on classic texts. In stylish prose, this book makes substantial theoretical and critical contributions to its field."
- Andrew H. Miller, Johns Hopkins University, author of The Burdens of Perfection: On Ethics and Reading in Nineteenth-Century British Literature

Narrative and Its Nonevents The Unwritten Plots

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      Publisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
      Publication Date: 12/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813948867, 978-0813948867
      ISBN10: 081394886X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A book about what does not happen in the Victorian novel. The description may sound absurd, yet consideration of alternatives to a given state of affairs is crucial to our understanding of a novel. Glatt demonstrates the Victorian novel is characterized by a proliferation of possibilities.

      Trade Review
      "Counterfactuals have been of increasing interest to literary critics, and Narrative and Its Nonevents will thicken and enrich the conversation about them. Timely and lucidly phrased and organized, this book is also witty—occasionally it made me laugh out loud. Most important, it shows that Glatt is an acute critic, with a narratological argument that leads to fresh commentary on classic texts. In stylish prose, this book makes substantial theoretical and critical contributions to its field."
      - Andrew H. Miller, Johns Hopkins University, author of The Burdens of Perfection: On Ethics and Reading in Nineteenth-Century British Literature

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