| The Power of the Story: Fiction and Political Change Contributor(s): Hanne, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571810196 ISBN-13: 9781571810199 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 809.393 |
| LCCN: 94036032 |
| Lexile Measure: 1670 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.02 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Can a novel cause riots, start a war, free serfs or slaves, break up marriages, drive readers to suicide, close factories, bring about law change, swing an election, or serve as a weapon in a national or international struggle? The author explores this question in the form of a theoretical essay on narrative and power, followed by five detailed case studies of works by Turgenev, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ignazio Silone, Solzhenitsyn and Salman Rushdie, each of which had or was said to have had a major impact on the political events in its time. Forcefully argued and written with a minimum of jargon, this book no doubt appeals to a wide readership well beyond that of the specialist in literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hanne, Michael: - Michael Hanne is Senior Lecturer in Italian at the University of Auckland, New Zealand |