Visual Devices in Contemporary Prose Fiction Gaps, Gestures, Images
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Visual Devices in Contemporary Prose Fiction Gaps, Gestures, Images Simon Barton School of Arts and Media, University of Salford, UK
© Simon Barton 2016 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-58025-5 ISBN 978-1-137-46736-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137467362 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India.
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Contents List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
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1 An Introduction to Visual Devices in Contemporary Prose Fiction
1
2 Reading Textual Gaps
27
3 Textual Gestures: Iconic Text and Narrative
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4 Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative: Images in Prose Fiction
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5 Case Study 1: Raymond Federman’s Double or Nothing: A Real Fictitious Discourse (1992)
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6 Case Study 2: William H. Gass’s Willie Masters’ Lonesome Wife (1968)
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7 Conclusions
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Bibliography
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Index
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List of Figures 2.1 5.1 5.2
B. S. Johnson (2004 [originally 1971]), House Mother Normal in B. S. Johnson Omnibus, p. 176
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Raymond Federman, (1992), Double or Nothing: A Real Fictitious Discourse, p. 1
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Raymond Federman, (1992), Double or Nothing: A Real Fictitious Discourse, p. 195
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Acknowledgements This book is the product of research over a considerable period of time and it would have never come to fruition without the help, advice and support from a number of
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