Possible Worlds of the Fantastic : : The Rise of the Paranormal in Literature / / Nany H. Traill.
For realist authors like Charles Dickens, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, and Guy de Maupassant the aim of realism was not to transcribe reality into literature. The imagination, they believed, discovers and interprets a reality which is neither closed nor purely empirical. It was this shared aspect of th...
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| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Fictional Worlds of the Fantastic
- 2. Context and Intertext of the Paranormal Mode
- 3. The Realists: Experience and Inspiration
- 4. Charles Dickens: Tradition and Transition
- 5. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev: Tentative Beginnings
- 6. Guy de Maupassant: The Scientific Cynic
- Conclusion
- Notes
- APPENDIX A. Russian Original (Transliterated)
- APPENDIX B. French Original
- Bibliography
- Index