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The Lyrical Novel : Studies in Herman Hesse, Andre Gide, and Virginia Woolf / Ralph Freeman.

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Freeman, Ralph [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400875405

Subject(s):

-- 20th century -- History and criticism

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PN3503

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Contents:

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1. NATURE AND FORMS OF THE LYRICAL NOVEL -- 2. THE LYRICAL TRADITION -- 3. ROMANTIC IMAGINATION: HERMANN HESSE AS A LYRICAL NOVELIST -- 4. ANDRÉ GIDE: LYRICAL FICTION AND THE SYMBOLIST METHOD -- 5. AWARENESS AND FACT: THE LYRICAL VISION OF VIRGINIA WOOLF -- 6. THE LYRICAL NOVEL: RETROSPECT AND PROGNOSIS -- INDEX

Title is part of eBook package: Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979Title is part of eBook package: Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package LiteratureTitle is part of eBook package: Princeton eBook Package Archive 1931-1999Summary: The author, in defining the genre of "lyrical fiction," separates a type of .fiction that can be legitimately viewed as "poetry" from other narrative types. The lyrical novelist uses fictional devices to find an aesthetic expression for experience, achieving an effect most frequently seen in dreams, picaresques, and allegories. Analyzing representative novels by Hermann Hesse, Andre Gide, and Virginia Woolf, Ralph Freedman focuses on the problem of self-consciousness. His findings are directly applicable to much twentieth-century fiction.Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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The author, in defining the genre of "lyrical fiction," separates a type of .fiction that can be legitimately viewed as "poetry" from other narrative types. The lyrical novelist uses fictional devices to find an aesthetic expression for experience, achieving an effect most frequently seen in dreams, picaresques, and allegories. Analyzing representative novels by Hermann Hesse, Andre Gide, and Virginia Woolf, Ralph Freedman focuses on the problem of self-consciousness. His findings are directly applicable to much twentieth-century fiction.Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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