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.."". this is one of the few books on narrative worth reading and rereading, a study that will make -- or should make -- a difference in the way we read narrative."" -- Nineteenth Century Fiction
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1 author picked Expositional Modes and Temporal Ordering in Fiction as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I adore how the scholar Sternberg analyses how some of the greatest authors of all time create and play with time. His work is the example par excellence of how a comprehensive theory about time in literature should be written.
He discusses different epochs and genres, linking them to a coherent history. Sternberg’s brilliance charms me.
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