{"product_id":"the-distinction-of-fiction-9780801865220","title":"The Distinction of Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies from the Modern Language Association \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the Modern Language Association's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe border between fact and fiction has been trespassed so often it seems to be a highway. Works of history that include fictional techniques are usually held in contempt, but works of fiction that include history are among the greatest of classics. Fiction claims to be able to convey its own unique kinds of truth. But unless a reader knows in advance whether a narrative is fictional or not, judgment can be frustrated and confused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Distinction of Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, Dorrit Cohn argues that fiction does present specific clues to its fictionality, and its own justifications. Indeed, except in cases of deliberate deception, fiction achieves its purposes best by exercising generic conventions that inform the reader that it is fiction. Cohn tests her conclusions against major narrative works, including Proust's \u003ci\u003eA la Recherche du temps perdu\u003c\/i\u003e, Mann's \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, and Freud's case studies. She contests widespread poststructuralist views that \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e narratives are fictional. On the contrary, she separates fiction and nonfiction as necessarily distinct, even when bound together. An expansion of Cohn's Christian Gauss lectures at Princeton and the product of many years of labor and thought, \u003ci\u003eThe Distinction of Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e builds on narratological and phenomenological theories to show that boundaries between fiction and history can be firmly and systematically explored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorrit Cohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801865220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorrit Cohn \u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emerita of the Departments of German and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Sleepwalkers: Elucidations of Herman Broch's Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTransparent Minds: Narrative Modes for Presenting Consciousness in Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40696624644211,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":44.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_525f378c-c849-4ce3-9027-8b996faa6f13.jpg?v=1675782828","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-distinction-of-fiction-9780801865220","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}