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Desire and Truth : Functions of Plot in Eighteenth-Century English Novels
Desire and Truth Functions of Plot in EighteenthCentury English Novels
Author: Patricia Meyer Spacks
Desire and Truth offers a major reassessment of the history of eighteenth-century fiction by showing how plot challenges or reinforces conventional categories of passion and rationality. Arguing that fiction creates and conveys its essential truths through plot, Patricia Meyer Spacks demonstrates that eighteenth-century fiction is both pr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226768458
ISBN-10: 0226768457
Publication Date: 4/20/1990
Pages: 272
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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