Time, Tense, and American Literature

ISBN-13: 9781107492707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 193 str.

Cindy (California Institute of Technology) Weinstein

Opis

This book examines canonical American authors who employ a range of tenses to tell a story that has already taken place.

Recenzje

'A joy to read. Weinstein's writing is full of verve, her readings are revelatory, and her integration of narratology and historicism provides us with an important model for future work. The strangeness and significance of the humblest temporal markers - now, then, before, since - have never been so vividly on display.' Geoffrey Sanborn, Amherst College

Spis treści

1. Edgar's first time; 2. When is now? Poe's 'Pym'; 3. Heaven's tense: narration in The Gates Ajar; 4. Now and then: time in An American Tragedy; 5. The 'would' to power: Edward P. Jones's The Known World.