Coincidence and Counterfactuality: Plotting Time and Space in Narrative Fiction 0803210930, 9780803210936, 9780803217614
In Coincidence and Counterfactuality, a groundbreaking analysis of plot, Hilary P. Dannenberg sets out to answer the per
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Table of contents :
Contents......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
Part 1: Theorizing Time and Space in Narrative Fiction......Page 32
1. Cognitive Plotting: Crossing Narrative Boundaries and Connecting Worlds......Page 34
2. Ontological Plotting: Narrative as a Multiplicity of Temporal Dimensions......Page 60
3. Spatial Plotting: Paths, Links, and Portals......Page 80
Part 2: Theorizing Coincidence and Counterfactuality......Page 102
4. The Coincidence Plot......Page 104
5. Counterfactuals and Other Alternate Narrative Worlds......Page 124
Part 3: Coincidence and Counterfactuality in the History of Narrative Fiction......Page 148
6. The Metamorphoses of the Coincidence Plot......Page 156
7. The Narrative Evolution of Counterfactuals......Page 196
Conclusion......Page 240
Source Acknowledgments......Page 248
Notes......Page 250
Glossary of Key Terms......Page 264
Works Cited......Page 270
Index......Page 298
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