{"product_id":"possible-worlds-of-fiction-and-lubomr-dolezel-9780801894633","title":"Possible Worlds of Fiction and History: The Postmodern Stage","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003ePossible Worlds of Fiction and History\u003c\/i\u003e, Lubom? Dolezel reexamines the claim--made first by Roland Barthes and then popularized by Hayden White--that \"there is no fundamental distinction between fiction and history.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDolezel rejects this assertion and demonstrates how literary and discourse theory can help the historian to restate the difference between fiction and history. He challenges scholars to reassess the postmodern viewpoint by reintroducing the idea of possible worlds. Possible-worlds semantics reveals that possible worlds of fiction and possible worlds of history differ in their origins, cultural functions, and structural and semantic features. Dolezel's book is the first systematic application of this idea to the theory and philosophy of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePossible Worlds of Fiction and History\u003c\/i\u003e is the crowning work of one of literary theory's most engaged thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lubom? Dolezel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801894638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801894633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 262","brand":"Lubom? Dolezel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072783741183,"sku":"9780801894633","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7966c6cb-a725-484c-a8c0-b86b25391269.jpg?v=1685443934","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/possible-worlds-of-fiction-and-lubomr-dolezel-9780801894633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}