Prosaic times : time as subject in Wordsworth, Richardson, Flaubert, and Melville /
"By capturing the temporal dimensions in Wordsworth's The Prelude, Richardson's Clarissa, Flaubert's "Un Coeur Simple," and Melville's Moby Dick, John Park argues that these literary works of realism - the artistic claim to represent life as it is - do not necessar...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2024.
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| Summary: | "By capturing the temporal dimensions in Wordsworth's The Prelude, Richardson's Clarissa, Flaubert's "Un Coeur Simple," and Melville's Moby Dick, John Park argues that these literary works of realism - the artistic claim to represent life as it is - do not necessarily depend upon the plotline of the story they tell. The reduced significance placed on plot is counterbalanced by something else: an experience of duration, a sheer extension of time in reading, a sense of time stemming from the unique stylistic innovations in each work"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 195 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9798765108703 9798765108710 |