Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Waiting for the End
Earl G. Ingersoll
€ 137.63
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Waiting for the End
hardcover. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
Waiting for the End examines two dozen contemporary novels as demonstrations of the continuing concern with the gender of ending in narrative. Traditional concepts of the role of ending came under question in the later twentieth century, as feminists began to argue that the structure of "rising action" and "climax" was patently masculinist. The effort to theorize alternatives to that structure was echoed by contemporary novelists, male as well as female, who sought to complicate conventional notions of ending. Often those complications of ending(s) have spoken to a growing awareness that ending in narrative is artificial and that plot structure ... Read more
Waiting for the End examines two dozen contemporary novels as demonstrations of the continuing concern with the gender of ending in narrative. Traditional concepts of the role of ending came under question in the later twentieth century, as feminists began to argue that the structure of "rising action" and "climax" was patently masculinist. The effort to theorize alternatives to that structure was echoed by contemporary novelists, male as well as female, who sought to complicate conventional notions of ending. Often those complications of ending(s) have spoken to a growing awareness that ending in narrative is artificial and that plot structure ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473698
SKU
V9781611473698
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Earl G. Ingersoll
Earl G. Ingersoll is distinguished professor and distinguished teaching professor of English at the State University of New York, College of Brockport.
Reviews for Waiting for the End