Chambers, Ross. Story and situation : : narrative seduction and the power of fiction / [electronic resource] / Ross Chambers ; foreword by Wlad Godzich.. — Minneapolis : : University of Minnesota Press,, c1984.. — xxii, 255 p. ; 24 cm. - Theory and history of literature ; v. 12.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 239-245.

Appendix A: Appendix B: : Story and situation -- : Self-situation and readability -- : Narratorial authority and "The purloined letter" -- : Seduction denied: "Sarrasine" and the impact of art -- : An invitation to love: simplicity of heart and textual duplicity in "Un cur simple" -- : Not for the vulgar?: the question of readership in "The figure in the carpet" -- : Gabriel Conroy sings for his supper, or love refused ("The dead") -- : Authority and seduction: the power of fiction -- : Saki, "The open window" -- : Marcel Schwob, "Les Sans-Gueule".



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Fiction--Technique.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Fiction--History and criticism.
Narration.
Roman--Technique.

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