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Character and person

Title
Character and person [electronic resource] / John Frow.
Author
Frow, John, 1948-
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Description
1 online resource.
Summary
Fictional character is an ontologically ambivalent category - at once a formal construct and a quasi-person - which lies at the heart of the life of textual fictions of all kinds. The book explores that ambivalence by investigating not only the kinds of thing that character is but how it works to engage readers and the range of typologies through which it has been constructed in very different periods, media, and genres. At the same time, it seeks to explore the ways in which character is person-like, and through that the question of what it means to be a social person.
Uniform Title
Character and person (Online)
Alternative Title
Character and person (Online)
Subject
  • Fictitious characters
  • Character in literature
  • Fiction > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
System Details (note)
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 29, 2014).
OCLC
ssib018087732
Author
Frow, John, 1948-
Title
Character and person [electronic resource] / John Frow.
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 29, 2014).
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Available onsite at NYPL
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Print version 9780198704515
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