The One vs. the Many: Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novel by Alex Woloch

The One vs. the Many: Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novel

Alex Woloch

408 pages • paperback • 2003

2 editions

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Does a novel focus on one life or many? Alex Woloch uses this simple question to develop a powerful new theory of the realist novel, based on how narratives distribute limited attention among a crowded field of characters. His argument has importa...

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