Foregrounded Description in Prose Fiction: Five Cross-Literary Studies

Foregrounded Description in Prose Fiction: Five Cross-Literary Studies

by Jos? M. Lopes
Foregrounded Description in Prose Fiction: Five Cross-Literary Studies

Foregrounded Description in Prose Fiction: Five Cross-Literary Studies

by Jos? M. Lopes

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Overview

In this wide-ranging study, José Manuel Lopes proposes a theoretical framework for analysing the role of description in prose fiction. He offers readings of texts drawn from four national literatures--French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Brazilian--testing his model across a cultural and temporal spectrum.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781442623064
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 12/15/1995
Series: Theory / Culture
Pages: 196
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

José Manuel Lopes is a postdoctoral fellow in the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto.
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