Empty revelations : an essay on talk about, and attitudes toward fiction / Peter Alward.

What mysteries lie at the heart of fiction's power to enchant and engage the mind? Empty Revelations considers a number of philosophical problems that fiction raises, including the primary issue of how we can think and talk about things that do not exist. Peter Alward covers thought-provoking t...

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Main Author: Alward, Peter Wallace, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012.
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245 1 0 |a Empty revelations :  |b an essay on talk about, and attitudes toward fiction /  |c Peter Alward. 
260 |a Montreal :  |b McGill-Queen's University Press,  |c 2012. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Part one : Two Authors and Readers -- Negative -- 1 Compositional Speech Acts -- 2 Reader Engagement -- Part Two : Authors and Readers -- Positive -- 3 Word-Sculpture -- 4 Narrative Informants -- Part Three : Fictional Names and Fictional Talk -- 5 Empty Revelations -- 6 Fictional Discourse -- Conclusion. 
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520 |a What mysteries lie at the heart of fiction's power to enchant and engage the mind? Empty Revelations considers a number of philosophical problems that fiction raises, including the primary issue of how we can think and talk about things that do not exist. Peter Alward covers thought-provoking terrain, exploring fictional truth, the experience of being "caught up" in a story, and the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction. At the centre of Alward's argument is a figure known as the "narrative informant" who mediates the reader's encounter with fictional events through - sometimes unreliable - reporting. Developing a theory in which the author is a sculptor who constructs works of fiction out of words, Alward demonstrates that much of the confusion about fiction stems from a failure to properly distinguish between writing fiction and telling stories. Combining clarity, philosophical sophistication, ingenuity, and originality, Empty Revelations is a rewarding read for both scholars of philosophy and anyone interested in the complex ways that fiction works. 
650 0 |a Discourse analysis, Narrative. 
650 0 |a Discourse analysis, Literary. 
650 0 |a Fiction  |x Technique. 
650 0 |a Fiction  |x History and criticism. 
650 7 |a literary criticism.  |2 aat 
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650 7 |a LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES  |x Rhetoric.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a REFERENCE  |x Writing Skills.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a PHILOSOPHY  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Discourse analysis, Literary  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Discourse analysis, Narrative  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Fiction  |2 fast 
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