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The Frame function : an inside-out guide to the novels of Janet Frame / by Jan Cronin.
- Title
- The Frame function : an inside-out guide to the novels of Janet Frame / by Jan Cronin.
- Author
- Cronin, Jan S.
- Publication
- Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR9639.3.F7 Z565 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 222 p.: ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "From Owls do cry to The Carpathians, the novels of Janet Frame have challenged our understanding of what fiction does. In The Frame function, Jan Cronin traces the operation of a prescriptive authorial presence within the novels to offer an engaging 'inside-out' guide to a great writer's work." --Back cover.
- Alternative Title
- Inside-out guide to novels of Janet Frame, the Frame function
- Subject
- Frame, Janet > Criticism and interpretation
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The Frame function : an inside-out guide : The adaptable man -- Birth of the Frame function : Owls do cry & Faces in the water -- Frame's reader/reading frame(s) : A state of siege & The rainbirds -- Nameless sorts of books? : Scented gardens for the blind & Daughter buffalo -- Janet Frame and the self-sufficient system : The edge of the alphabet -- Intentional fallacies? : Intensive care -- Who's afraid of Janet Frame? : The Carpathians -- The final Frame : Living in the Maniototo & Towards another summer.
- ISBN
- 9781869404864 (pbk.)
- 1869404866 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 693227162
- SCSB-10566671
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library