Living to Tell about It: A Rhetoric and Ethics of Character Narration

by James Phelan and James Phelan

Book Overview

In Living to Tell about It, James Phelan takes up the challenges offered by diverse narratives including Kathryn Harrison's The Kiss, Ernest Hemingway's "Now I Lay Me," Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day, Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, and John Edgar Wideman's "Doc's Story." Phelan's compelling readings cover important theoretical ground by introducing a valuable distinction between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801489288
• ISBN13: 9780801489280
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher