The Fictive and the Imaginary

The Fictive and the Imaginary
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Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 0801844983
ISBN-13 : 9780801844980
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Book Synopsis The Fictive and the Imaginary by : Wolfgang Iser

Download or read book The Fictive and the Imaginary written by Wolfgang Iser and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pioneer of "literary anthropology," Wolfgang Iser presents a wide-ranging and comprehensive exploration of this new field in an attempt to explain the human need for the "particular form of make-believe" known as literature. Ranging from the Renaissance pastoral to Coleridge to Sartre and Beckett, The Fictive and the Imaginary is a distinguished work of scholarship from one of Europe's most respected and influential critics.


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