The Forms of Fiction: The Physical Text in The Works of Henry James, Gertrude Stein, William Faulkner, James Joyce, and William Gass

When the novel was first introduced in the eighteenth century, it was aware of itself as a document, as a collection of printed words--a diary, a bundle of letters, a logbook. Through time, however, readers became accustomed to print and began looking through the printed form of the novel to its narrative. The physical text was "backgrounded."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Kaufmann, Michael Edward

• Literature, Modern
• Literature, American
• Literature, English

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8711819

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69458