Aspects of narrative : selected papers from the English Institute

Edited With A Foreword By J. Hillis Miller. Seven Essays Presented At Three Conferences Of The English Institute During 1969-70. Includes Bibliographical References. Frontmatter FOREWORD (J. Hillis Miller The Johns Hopkins University, page v) INDETERMINACY AND THE READER'S RESPONSE IN PROSE FICTION (Wolfgang Iser Universität Konstanz, page 1) MOLESTATION AND AUTHORITY IN NARRATIVE FICTION (Edward W. Said Columbia University, page 47) THE IRRELEVANT DETAIL AND THE EMERGENCE OF FORM (Martin Price Yale University, page 69) TIME AND NARRATIVE IN A la recherche du temps perdu (Gérard Genette Ecole des hautes études, Paris, page 93) PROUST AND THE ART OF INCOMPLETION (Leo Bersani Rutgers University, page 119) AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND AMERICA (James M. Cox Dartmouth College, page 143) WITNESS AND TESTAMENT: TWO CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS (Warner Berthoff Harvard University, page 173) THE ENGLISH INSTITUTE, 1970 (page 199) PROGRAM (page 201) REGISTRANTS (page 205)