Narratives Unsettled: Digression in Robert Walser, Thomas Bernhard, and Adalbert Stifter

by Samuel Frederick

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In Narratives Unsettled, Samuel Frederick proposes a new conception of narrativity that can accommodate unwieldy forms of digression. By way of close readings of three German-language writers from different historical periods, Frederick demonstrates that digression, far from being a non- or anti-narrative interruption, contributes to what makes these writers' works fundamentally narrative. In the process, the author counters several foundational...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0810128187

ISBN13:9780810128187

Release Date:August 2012

Publisher:Northwestern University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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