Dislocating the End: Climax, Closure, and the Invention of Genre: 35 (Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature) - Hardcover

Rosen, Alan

 
9780820437514: Dislocating the End: Climax, Closure, and the Invention of Genre: 35 (Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature)

Synopsis

The series is designed to advance the publication of research pertaining to themes and motifs in literature. The studies cover cross-cultural patterns as well as the entire range of national literatures. They trace the development and use of themes and motifs over extended periods, elucidate the significance of specific themes or motifs for the formation of period styles, and analyze the unique structural function of themes and motifs.

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About the Author

The Author: Alan Rosen is Lecturer in the English Department at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He has published on early-modern drama and on Holocaust literature. He has recently edited Celebrating Elie Wiesel: Stories, Essays, Reflections (1998) and is currently writing a book on representing the Holocaust.

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