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Theoryandthe Novel
Narrative Reflexivity in the British Tradition
Narrative features such as frames, digressions, or authorial intrusionshave traditionally been viewed as distractions from or anomalies in thenarrativeproper.In
Theory and the Novel: Narrative Reflexivityin the BritishTradition
, Jeffrey Williams exposes these elements as more than simpledisruptions, analyzing them as registers of narrative reflexivity, that is,moments that represent and advertise the functioning of narrative itself.Williams argues that these moments rhetorically proffer models of liter-ary desire, consumption, and taste. He examines a range of novels fromthe English canon –
Tristram Shandy, Joseph Andrews, Wuthering Heights,TheTurnof theScrew
,
LordJim
,and
Heartof Darkness
–andposesaseries oftheoretical questions bearing on reflexivity, imitation, fictionality, andideology to offer a striking and original contribution to readings of theEnglish novel, as well as to current discussions of theory and the profes-sion of literature. Jeffrey Williams teaches the novel and theory at University of Missouri-Columbia.He is editor of
PC Wars: Politics and Theory in the Academy
, andhas published work in numerous journals, including
MLN, Narrative,Studies in the Novel
,
College English
,
VLS
, and elsewhere. He also is editorofthe
minnesotareview
,andco-editoroftheforthcoming
NortonAnthologyof Literary Theory and Criticism
.
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