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Coincidence and counterfactuality : plotting time and space in narrative fiction /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dannenberg, Hilary P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism.
Fiction > Technique.
Coincidence in literature.
Space and time in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Theorizing time and space in narrative fiction
  • Cognitive plotting : crossing narrative boundaries and connecting worlds
  • Ontological plotting : narrative as a multiplicity of temporal dimensions
  • Spatial plotting : paths, links, and portals
  • Theorizing coincidence and counterfactuality
  • The coincidence plot
  • Counterfactuals and other alternate narrative worlds
  • Coincidence and counterfactuality in the history of narrative fiction
  • The metamorphoses of the coincidence plot
  • The narrative evolution of counterfactuals.