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Unlived lives in English literature : a typological study /

If I had acted differently, then.? ? Most human beings indulge in counterfactual thought experiments at one point or another. For the fictional characters analysed in this book, they are a central preoccupation. The characters obsessively review their past, looking at a road they did not take, ponde...

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Main Author:	Linne, Lena (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2019]
Series:	Anglistische Forschungen ; Heft 467.
Subjects:	Self in literature. Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature. Self-realization in literature. Nostalgia in literature. Narcissism in literature. Life in literature. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. English literature > 20th century > History and criticism. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Canadian literature > 20th century > History and criticism. American literature. Canadian literature. English literature. Lebenslauf > Motiv. Literatur. Selbstreflexion > Motiv. Ungelebtes Leben. 1800-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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