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"Digression is a crucial motif in literary narratives. It features as a key characteristic of fictional works from Cervantes and Sterne, to Proust, Joyce and Calvino. Moving away from a linear narrative and following a path of associations reflects how we think and speak. Yet an author's inability to stick to the point has often been seen to detract from a work of literature, somehow weakening it. This wide-ranging and timely volume seeks to celebrate narrative digressions and move towards a theoretical framework for studying the meanderings of literary texts as a useful and valuable aspect of literature. Essays discussing some of the possibilities for approaching narrative digression from a theoretical perspective are complemented with focused studies of European and American authors. As a whole, the book offers a broad and varied view of textual wanderings." ** About the Author Rhian Atkin is Lecturer in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies at the University of Bristol.

Author

Rhian Atkin

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780367603342

Subjects

Language Learning, Fiction, Literary Fiction