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