Openings: Narrative Beginnings from the Epic to the Novel
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What is the difference between a natural beginning and the beginning of a story? Some deny that there are any beginnings in nature, except perhaps for the origin of the universe itself, suggesting that elsewhere there is only a continuum of events, into which beginnings are variously "read" by different societies. This book argues that history is full of real beginnings but that poets and novelists are indeed free to begin their stories wherever they...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198117418
ISBN13:9780198117414
Release Date:May 1992
Publisher:Clarendon Press
Length:266 Pages
Weight:1.08 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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