Talk Fiction: Literature and the Talk Explosion by Irene Kacandes (English) Pape

Description: Talk Fiction by Irene Kacandes Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Everywhere you turn today, someone is talking to you - the television, the radio, cell phones, your computer. If you think some of the novels and stories you read are talking to you too, youre not alone. This book reads contemporary fiction as a form of conversation and as part of the larger conversation that is modern culture. Publisher Description Everywhere you turn today, someone (or something) is talking to you-the television, the radio, cell phones, your computer. If you think some of the novels and stories you read are talking to you too, youre not alone, and youre not mistaken. In this innovative, multidisciplinary work, Irene Kacandes reads contemporary fiction as a form of conversation and as part of the larger conversation that is modern culture. Within a framework of talk as interaction, Kacandes considers texts that can be classified as "statements"-texts that wholly or in part ask for their readers to react to them in certain ways. The works she addresses-from writers as varied as Harriet O. Wilson, Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner, Virginia Woolf, Graham Swift, Gunter Grass, John Barth, Julio Cortazar, and Italo Calvino-conduct their interactions in certain modes to accomplish different sorts of cultural work: storytelling, testimony, apostrophe, and interactivity.By focusing on texts within these groupings, Kacandes is able to relate the different modes of talk fiction to extraliterary cultural developments in our oral age-and to show how such interactions, however contrary to the dominant twentieth-century view of literature as art for arts sake, help to keep literature alive and speaking to us. Irene Kacandes is an assistant professor of German studies at Dartmouth College. Author Biography Irene Kacandes is an assistant professor of German studies at Dartmouth College. Details ISBN 0803278012 ISBN-13 9780803278011 Title Talk Fiction Author Irene Kacandes Format Paperback Year 2001 Pages 285 Publisher University of Nebraska Press GE_Item_ID:161807923; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

Price: 42.39 USD

Location: Calgary, Alberta

End Time: 2024-12-26T02:10:32.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD