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Reading for Storyness combines cognitive science with literary theory to present a compelling argument for the uniqueness of the short story.

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Lohafer explores a unique idea, one 'revolv[ing] around an experiment in which one or more readers identify sentences within a story when the text could end.' Lohafer presents student response to this experiment and goes on to analyze a number of short stories... This approach, deconstructive yet traditional, permits the author to open up new possibilities of interpretation. Choice 2004 Lucid, often subtle and artfully constructed interpretations. -- Richard Walsh Modern Language Review 2006

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Once more into the forest; Learning the ropes of preclosure; Preclosing an "open" story; Stages of preclosure and the history of the American short story; Preclosure in issue-bound stories; Everybody (?) loves Raymond Carver; Currents in a still pond; Minimalism and social history; The short story and its non-fiction counterpart.

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/02/2004
      ISBN13: 9780801873980, 978-0801873980
      ISBN10: 0801873983
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      Literary studies: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reading for Storyness combines cognitive science with literary theory to present a compelling argument for the uniqueness of the short story.

      Trade Review
      Lohafer explores a unique idea, one 'revolv[ing] around an experiment in which one or more readers identify sentences within a story when the text could end.' Lohafer presents student response to this experiment and goes on to analyze a number of short stories... This approach, deconstructive yet traditional, permits the author to open up new possibilities of interpretation. Choice 2004 Lucid, often subtle and artfully constructed interpretations. -- Richard Walsh Modern Language Review 2006

      Table of Contents
      Once more into the forest; Learning the ropes of preclosure; Preclosing an "open" story; Stages of preclosure and the history of the American short story; Preclosure in issue-bound stories; Everybody (?) loves Raymond Carver; Currents in a still pond; Minimalism and social history; The short story and its non-fiction counterpart.

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