Shaping the Novel

Shaping the NovelThe dialogue between form and message is intrinsic to the novel as genre. Yet the strength of that discourse has been shaken in the twentieth century by an increasing doubt about affirmations of any kind and a growing awareness of the relativity of knowledge and perception. The novel reflects this intellectual current by turning its glance inward to mediate on the creative act as a form of self contained assertion of its own particular significance.

a Buddhist

was known to “make a speech” while slaughtering a calf

clinically oriented life-span approach

Important questions are asked: How do our public schools educate children to become members of our particular "public

A number of works by various thinkers associated with the Kyoto School are now available in English

Written in response to an “awakened [popular] interest in supernormal phenomena” in the early twentieth century

negotiating the release of a group of Western hostages from a mountain bandit lair

It is an important contribution to a rapidly evolving field

This richly illustrated book draws on a wealth of sources to offer a vivid account of those three institutions from 1841 to the late 20th century

“Explorations of a Mind-Traveling Sociologist” is a book of thematically interconnected ethnographic essays by the internationally esteemed sociologist Renée C

When targeted by a vulgar rumor

Its message of empathy and hope is told through vivid storytelling and romantic images