Fiction And Repetition: Seven English Novels
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A landmark work of literary criticism, Fiction and Repetition: Seven English Novels presents a rigorous and intellectually stimulating examination of the role repetition plays in the structure and meaning of canonical English fiction. Drawing on deconstruction and rhetorical theory, J. Hillis Miller argues that repetition is not mere stylistic ornament but a fundamental narrative and thematic force that shapes how meaning is generated — and destabilized — within a text. The study conducts close readings of seven major novels, including works by Thomas Hardy, Emily Brontë, Joseph Conrad, and Henry Fielding, illustrating how patterns of recurrence operate on multiple levels, from individual words and images to broader plot structures. Written with the precision and depth characteristic of Yale School criticism, the prose is dense yet rewarding, demanding active engagement from its reader. An essential text for students and scholars of narrative theory, Victorian literature, and poststructuralist thought, it remains one of the most influential works in twentieth-century literary criticism.
Author: J. Hillis Miller
Format: Paperback
Published: 1982, Basil Blackwell, Oxford
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work of literary criticism, Fiction and Repetition: Seven English Novels presents a rigorous and intellectually stimulating examination of the role repetition plays in the structure and meaning of canonical English fiction. Drawing on deconstruction and rhetorical theory, J. Hillis Miller argues that repetition is not mere stylistic ornament but a fundamental narrative and thematic force that shapes how meaning is generated — and destabilized — within a text. The study conducts close readings of seven major novels, including works by Thomas Hardy, Emily Brontë, Joseph Conrad, and Henry Fielding, illustrating how patterns of recurrence operate on multiple levels, from individual words and images to broader plot structures. Written with the precision and depth characteristic of Yale School criticism, the prose is dense yet rewarding, demanding active engagement from its reader. An essential text for students and scholars of narrative theory, Victorian literature, and poststructuralist thought, it remains one of the most influential works in twentieth-century literary criticism.