The Resource Openings : narrative beginnings from the epic to the novel, A.D. Nuttall
Openings : narrative beginnings from the epic to the novel, A.D. Nuttall
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- Summary
- What is the difference between a natural beginning and the beginning of a story? Some deny that there are any beginnings in nature, except perhaps for the origin of the universe itself, suggesting that elsewhere we have only a continuum of events, into which beginnings are variously 'read' by different societies. This book argues that history is full of real beginnings but that poets and novelists are indeed free to begin their stories wherever they like. The ancient poet Homer laid down a rule for his successors when he began his epic by plunging in medias res, 'into the midst of things'. The inspiring Muse of epic gives way to the poet's ego, dies, revives and dies again. Later writers, however, persistently play off the 'interventionist', in medias res opening against some sense of a 'deep', natural beginning: Genesis or the birth of a child. Ranging from Greek and Roman epic to the modern novel via Dante, Milton, Wordsworth, Sterne, and Dickens, A.D. Nuttall has written an ambitious and original book which will be of interest to a wide variety of readers
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 255 pages
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Tristram Shandy
- 6.
- David and Pip
- 7.
- The Sense of a Beginning
- 1.
- The Beginning of the Aeneid
- 2.
- The Commedia
- 3.
- Paradise Lost
- 4.
- The Prelude
- Isbn
- 9780198117414
- Label
- Openings : narrative beginnings from the epic to the novel
- Title
- Openings
- Title remainder
- narrative beginnings from the epic to the novel
- Statement of responsibility
- A.D. Nuttall
- Subject
-
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Epic poetry -- History and criticism
- Exposition (rhétorique)
- Fiction -- History and criticism
- Incipit
- Literary studies not limited by date.
- Narration
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Novela -- Historia y crítica
- Beginregels
- Poesía épica -- Historia y crítica
- Poésie narrative -- Histoire et critique
- Prologues et épilogues
- Rhétorique
- Roman -- Technique
- Verteltheorie
- Épopées -- Histoire et critique
- Openings (Rhetoric)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What is the difference between a natural beginning and the beginning of a story? Some deny that there are any beginnings in nature, except perhaps for the origin of the universe itself, suggesting that elsewhere we have only a continuum of events, into which beginnings are variously 'read' by different societies. This book argues that history is full of real beginnings but that poets and novelists are indeed free to begin their stories wherever they like. The ancient poet Homer laid down a rule for his successors when he began his epic by plunging in medias res, 'into the midst of things'. The inspiring Muse of epic gives way to the poet's ego, dies, revives and dies again. Later writers, however, persistently play off the 'interventionist', in medias res opening against some sense of a 'deep', natural beginning: Genesis or the birth of a child. Ranging from Greek and Roman epic to the modern novel via Dante, Milton, Wordsworth, Sterne, and Dickens, A.D. Nuttall has written an ambitious and original book which will be of interest to a wide variety of readers
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nuttall, A. D.
- Dewey number
- 808
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN212
- LC item number
- .N88 1991
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Openings (Rhetoric)
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Epic poetry
- Fiction
- Poesía épica
- Novela
- Beginregels
- Verteltheorie
- Rhétorique
- Poésie narrative
- Incipit
- Narration
- Épopées
- Roman
- Prologues et épilogues
- Exposition (rhétorique)
- Label
- Openings : narrative beginnings from the epic to the novel, A.D. Nuttall
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Tristram Shandy
- 6.
- David and Pip
- 7.
- The Sense of a Beginning
- 1.
- The Beginning of the Aeneid
- 2.
- The Commedia
- 3.
- Paradise Lost
- 4.
- The Prelude
- Control code
- 24011356
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9780198117414
- Lccn
- 91020192
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1444931
- Label
- Openings : narrative beginnings from the epic to the novel, A.D. Nuttall
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Tristram Shandy
- 6.
- David and Pip
- 7.
- The Sense of a Beginning
- 1.
- The Beginning of the Aeneid
- 2.
- The Commedia
- 3.
- Paradise Lost
- 4.
- The Prelude
- Control code
- 24011356
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9780198117414
- Lccn
- 91020192
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1444931
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Epic poetry -- History and criticism
- Exposition (rhétorique)
- Fiction -- History and criticism
- Incipit
- Literary studies not limited by date.
- Narration
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Novela -- Historia y crítica
- Beginregels
- Poesía épica -- Historia y crítica
- Poésie narrative -- Histoire et critique
- Prologues et épilogues
- Rhétorique
- Roman -- Technique
- Verteltheorie
- Épopées -- Histoire et critique
- Openings (Rhetoric)
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