{"product_id":"readers-and-their-fictions-in-gail-k-hart-9781469656762","title":"Readers and Their Fictions in the Novels and Novellas of Gottfried Keller","description":"This study seeks to alter our understanding of Keller's realism by problematizing the act of reading within fiction. The story of reading in Keller's fiction is a self-conscious meditation on the schism between life and its literary representation -- and it emphasizes the incapacity of that representation to actually and substantially influence the life it is based on. This has consequences for the didactic writer. The act of reading here generally involves a collision between fiction and its other and a move (or tragic failure to move) toward an acceptance and affirmation of the non-correspondence between life and literature, a process that renders moral didacticism a quixotic project. This position runs counter to the prevailing view of Keller as a consciously didactic author who tried to create a credible copy of reality in order to revise and repair the real world by inspiring readers to make the depicted improvements in their nonfictional universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gail K. Hart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469656760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469656762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Gail K. Hart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47759109751039,"sku":"9781469656762","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1be26d4-997d-4871-a1ad-2277ca19a095.jpg?v=1765512112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/readers-and-their-fictions-in-gail-k-hart-9781469656762","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}