Great Conversations: Systems, Complexity, and Epic Encyclopedic Narratives in Contemporary American Fiction 1960-2007
Encyclopedic narratives, as conceptualized by Edward Mendelson, "attempt to render the full range of knowledge and beliefs of a national culture, while identifying the ideological perspectives from which that culture shapes and interprets its knowledge." The development of system paradigm...
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2013
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| Online Access: | https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/726 https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1729&context=dissertations |