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Title: The Oral and the Written in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

The Oral and the Written in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

by Paul Goetsch (Author)
©2003 Edited Collection IV, 234 Pages
English Studies
Series: Neue Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Volume 85

Summary

This historically oriented study focuses on interactions between the oral and the written in nineteenth century English fiction. It examines orality and literacy events such as storytelling and reading aloud and describes the functions of oral traditions in historical, regional, and other novels. It is chiefly interested in writers’ evaluations of tensions and conflicts between oral and written discourses and cultures.

Details

Pages
IV, 234
Publication Year
2003
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631506745
Language
English
Keywords
Erzählen (Motiv) Mündliche Überlieferung Englisch Literatur Geschichte 1766-1921 Aufsatzsammlung Englischsprachige Literatur Grossbritannien /Literatur, Literaturgeschichte
Published
Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2003. IV, 234 pp.

Biographical notes

Paul Goetsch (Author)

The Author: Paul Goetsch, Professor of English at the University of Freiburg. He published books on Dickens, Hardy, the English novel in transition (1880–1910), modern English and American drama, the short story, and monsters in English literature.

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