A Theory of Narrative

Rick Altman

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Paper, 392 pages, 40 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14429-2
$27.50 / £19.00

June, 2008
Cloth, 392 pages, 40 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14428-5
$79.50 / £55.00

Acknowledgments

Note

1. What is Narrative?

2. The Song...of Roland?

3. Dual-Focus Narrative

4. Hester’s Speculation

5. Single-Focus Narrative

6. Pieter Bruegel, or the Space of Multiplicity

7. Multiple-Focus Narrative

8. Theoretical Conclusion

9. Practical Conclusion

References

Index

Related Subjects

• Cultural Studies
• Film
• Literary Criticism and Theory

About the Author

Rick Altman is professor of cinema and comparative literature at the University of Iowa. Among his many titles on film is Columbia University Press's Silent Film Sound, which won the Limina Award for Best Cinema Studies book, the Theater Library Association Award, and was a finalist for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Award.

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