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Desire without History@@@Reading for the Plot: Design and Intention in Narrative

Jules Law, +1 more
- 23 Jan 1985 - 
- Vol. 19, Iss: 1, pp 91-94
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This article is published in Novel: A Forum on Fiction.The article was published on 1985-01-23. It has received 815 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Narrative & Reading (process).

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The Case of the Disappearing Enigma

TL;DR: In this article, a traversé de cinq exemples empruntes au cinema and a tradition du film noir: ''The thin man» (W. S. Dyke, 1934), ''Le faucon maltais» (J. Huston, 1941), ''All the president's men» (A. J. Pakula, 1976), ''Bad timing» (N. Roeg, 1980) and ''Manhattan murder mystery» (M. Allen, 1993)
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"The Plot against Narration: Disavowal in The Spoils of Poynton"

TL;DR: McBride et al. as discussed by the authors argue that the potential for systemic dissonance between narrative levels is realized in The Spoils of Poynton, where James's plot of possession operates alongside and in opposition to a parallel struggle for possession in narration.
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The Sewer and the Prostitute in Les Misérables: From Regulation to Redemption

TL;DR: A deeper understanding of Hugo's social philosophy as expressed in Les Miserables through a reading of the novel's treatment of prostitution and Parisian sewers in the context of contemporary thought is presented in this paper.
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France, French, and the French

Eric Savoy