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082	0	4	_a843.009
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aMacArthur, Elizabeth Jane _eautore
245	1	0	_aExtravagant Narratives : _bClosure and Dynamics in the Epistolary Form / _cElizabeth Jane MacArthur.
250			_aCourse Book
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2014]
264		4	_c©1990
300			_a1 online resource (308 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aPrinceton Legacy Library ; _v1057
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tIntroduction -- _tCHAPTER ONE. The Genesis of Epistolary Narrative in the Seventeenth Century -- _tCHAPTER TWO. Plotting a Metonymical Life Story: The Correspondence of Madame du Deffand and Horace Walpole -- _tCHAPTER THREE. The Open Dynamic of Narrative: Metaphor and Metonymy in Rousseau's Julie -- _tClosing -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aChallenging the view of epistolary narrative as a faulty precursor to the nineteenth-century realist novel, Elizabeth MacArthur argues that the openness and flexibility that characterize correspondences, both real and fictional, reflect the preoccupations of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Her readings of the Lettres portugaises, Mme du Deffand's correspondence with Horace Walpole, and Rousseau's La Nouvelle Hlose propose an alternative to closure-oriented theories of narrative as they uncover an interplay between two forces: a tendency towards closure and meaning (metaphor) and a tendency towards openness and desire (metonymy). While such an interplay structures all narrative, the epistolary form differs from the third or first person in the extent to which metonymy predominates. The author shows how critics and editors of correspondences have attempted to control their metonymy, channeling epistolary energy into univocal meaning. By juxtaposing real and fictional epistolary works, MacArthur reveals the similarities between the two, particularly their "extravagance": ambiguity, openness, and forward-moving energy.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650		0	_aClosure (Rhetoric).
650		0	_aEpistolary fiction, French _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aFrench prose literature _y17th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aFrench prose literature _y18th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aNarration (Rhetoric).
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / General. _2bisacsh
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856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400860821
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