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Record Number
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956486
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b710856
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Main Entry
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Ronen, Ruth.
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Title & Author
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Possible worlds in literary theory /\ Ruth Ronen.
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Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1994.
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Series Statement
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Literature, culture, theory ;; 7
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Page. NO
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xii, 244 pages ;; 23 cm.
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ISBN
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0521450179
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: 0521456487
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: 9780521450171
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: 9780521456487
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0521451079
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index.
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Contents
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Possible worlds, fictional worlds -- The possibility of fictional worlds -- The fictionality of fictional worlds -- Fictional entities, incomplete beings -- Fictional events and the intricacies of plot -- Focalization and fictional perspective -- Fictional time.
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Abstract
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The concept of possible worlds, originally introduced in philosophical logic, has recently gained interdisciplinary influence; it proves to be a productive tool when borrowed by literary theory to explain the notion of fictional worlds. In this book Ruth Ronen develops a comparative reading of the use of possible worlds in philosophy and in literary theory, and offers an analysis of the way the concept contributes to our understanding of fictionality and the structure and ontology of fictional worlds. Dr Ronen suggests a new set of criteria for the definition of fictionality, making rigorous distinctions between fictional and possible worlds; and through specific studies of domains within fictional worlds - events, objects, time, and point of view - she proposes a radical rethinking of the problem of fictionality in general and fictional narrativity in particular.
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Subject
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Fiction-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
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Fiction-- Technique.
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Logic.
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Possibility in literature.
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Possibility.
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Reality in literature.
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Logique.
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Possibilité
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Possibilité dans la littérature.
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Réalité dans la littérature.
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Roman-- Technique.
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Fiction-- Technique.
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Fiction-- Technique.
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Imaginaire (philosophie)
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Logic.
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Logic.
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Possibility in literature.
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Possibility in literature.
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Possibility.
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Possibility.
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Réalité-- Dans la littérature.
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Reality in literature.
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Reality in literature.
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Subject
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Roman-- Histoire et critique.
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Théorie de la fiction.
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Fictie.
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Literatuurtheorie.
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Subject
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Mogelijke werelden.
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Subject
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Verteltheorie.
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Dewey Classification
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809.3
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LC Classification
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PN3355.R66 1994
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NLM classification
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17.73bcl
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17.89bcl
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17.89.bcl
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17.93bcl
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18.00bcl
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18.05bcl
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7,24ssgn
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WHBbliss
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WHB.bliss
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