Consciousness & the Novel: Connected Essays
1/3 Cloth
2002 · Cambridge, MA
by Lodge, David
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. 1/3 Cloth. 0674009495 . A Fine Edition in a like dust-jacket ; Consciousness and the Novel presents a fresh and provocative reading of the relationship between consciousness and the novel. Drawing on a wide variety of texts from throughout history, the book argues that the consciousness of the novel--its cognitive, emotional, and imaginative dimensions--is intimately connected to the ways in which the novel constructs its world. In particular, the book contends that the novel's cognitive dimension--its capacity to represent and explore the inner life of its characters--is intimately related to its emotional dimension, which in turn is related to its imaginative dimension. The book offers a new and original understanding of the ways in which the consciousness of the novel is related to the novel's world, and it offers new insights into the ways in which the consciousness of the novel shapes the way we experience the world.; 8vo; 320 pages; $6.00 . (Inventory #: 56729)