Literature, History, Choice : the Principle of Alternative History in Literature (S.Y. Agnon, The City with All That is Therein).
Starting with a discussion on the elements of the genre of alternative (counterfactual) history and on its place between the poles of historical determinism and relativism, this book develops a literary theory of the historical alternativeness principle and applies it to the reading of The City with...
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