Stories of the Middle Space: Reading the Ethics in Postmodern Realisms 9780773591035

A faith-based approach to postmodern literature and critical theory.

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Stories of the Middle Space: Reading the Ethics in Postmodern Realisms
9780773591035

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Deborah C. Bowen

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Between Word and World
Introduction: Narrative and Ethics Face to Face
1 True Stories and the Oppressions of History
2 Magic Realism, Social Protest, and the Irrepressibility of Language
3 Parodic Myth and Sacred Story
4 Writing with Photographs: Art, Lies, and Realist Developments
5 The Genres of the Middle Space
Epilogue: Narrative Trace, Textual Grace
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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