Foregrounded description in prose fiction

Foregrounded description in prose fiction
By:José Manuel Lopes
Published on 1995 by Univ of Toronto Pr

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In this wide-ranging study, Jose Manuel Lopes proposes a theoretical framework for analysing the role of description in prose fiction. He offers readings of texts drawn from four national literatures - French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Brazilian - testing his model across a cultural and temporal spectrum.

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