Literary Lists
Author | : Roman Alexander Barton |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2023-05-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783031283727 |
ISBN-13 | : 3031283724 |
Rating | : 4/5 (724 Downloads) |
Download or read book Literary Lists written by Roman Alexander Barton and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a concise introduction to lists in literature from the early modern period to the twenty-first century. Tracing the changing functions of the literary list across time, it offers a broad range of case studies which situate selected enumerations in their respective contexts and demonstrate the versatility and creative potential of the list form. Starting with a review of previous research on the literary list, the book discusses four main constellations of enumeration: series and the great chain of being; itemization and enumerative realism; ‘letteracettera’ and experimental list-making; ‘white noise’ and creative exploits of enumeration between formal playfulness and existential exploration. The epilogue offers an analytical toolkit for the study of literary lists based on rhetorical theory.