“Throw[ing] the Longest Shadows”: The Significance of the Bogus Quotation for "Arcadia" by Jim Crace

Preceding his Arcadia with a non-existing quotation, Jim Crace proves to be no Arcadian innocent: challenging the shrewdness of his readers, the contemporary novelist seems to take pleasure in inviting them to an intellectual game which begins before the novel unfolds. The highly evocative title and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sylwia Wojciechowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2012-12-01
Series:Text Matters
Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/textmatters/article/view/6926