Includes bibliographical references and (pages 267-275) index.
Contents:
Plot, progression, and the search for the mother's unnarratable pleasure -- The submerged plot and the interrelation of progression and character: "Persuasion" and "Jane Eyre" -- Dual and serial narration and the disclosure of the submerged plot: "Bleak house" and "The Woman in white" -- The house, the journey, and the spaces of the submerged plot: "The House of mirth" and "The last September" -- Surviving the submerged plot and the work of character narration: "The Color purple", "A Thousand acres", and "Bastard out of Carolina" -- The end of pleasure and the function of time in the submerged plot: "Talking to the dead" and "The God of small things" -- The evolution of the search.
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