A Poetics of Plot for the Twenty-First Century: Theorizing Unruly Narratives

by Brian Richardson

Book Overview

Story, in the largest sense of the term, is arguably the single most important aspect of narrative. But with the proliferation of antimimetic writing, traditional narrative theory has been inadequate for conceptualizing and theorizing a vast body of innovative narratives. In A Poetics of Plot for the Twenty-First Century: Theorizing Unruly Narratives, Brian Richardson proposes a new model for evaluating literature--returning to the basis of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081425554X
• ISBN13: 9780814255544
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"