Janiform Texts and Covert Plots: From Shakespeare to Said

by Cedric Watts

Janiform Texts and Covert Plots is a sequel to The Deceptive Text: An Introduction to Covert Plots, which maintained that although almost all fictional narratives have a main plot, some have, in addition, a covert plot. At a first reading, the reader sees parts of the covert plot but does not recognise how they cohere. Only in retrospect, or at a second, third or subsequent reading, is the covert plot seen in its entirety. Sometimes many years...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785277588
• ISBN13: 9781785277580
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"