A talking body part; a character that is simultaneously alive and dead; a shape-changing setting; or time travel: although impossible in the real world; such narrative elements do appear in the storyworlds of novels; short stories; and plays. Impossibilities of narrator; character; time; and space are not only common in todayrsquo;s world of postmodernist literature but can also be found throughout the history of literature. Examples include the beast fable; the heroic epic; the romance; the eighteenth-century circulation novel; the Gothic novel; the ghost play; the fantasy narrative; and the science-fiction novel; among others.Unnatural Narrative looks at the startling and persistent presence of the impossible or ldquo;the unnaturalrdquo; throughout British and American literary history. Layering the lenses of cognitive narratology; frame theory; and possible-worlds theory; Unnatural Narrative offers a rigorous and engaging new characterization of the unnatural and what it yields for individual readers as well as literary culture. Jan Alber demonstrates compelling interpretations of the unnatural in literature and shows the ways in which such unnatural phenomena become conventional in readersrsquo; minds; altogether expanding our sense of the imaginable and informing new structures and genres of narrative engagement.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerThank you!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. More photos from 1855-60By Peter BarberI give only four stars; as I was hoping for more photos from the period 1855 to 1860 and from the businesses that were in Lawrence.
