Body Language in Literature

Barbara Korte

Published by University of Toronto Press 1997

Body Language in Literature

Barbara Korte

In the series Theory / Culture

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442671492

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An important interdisciplinary study, that establishes a general theory that accounts for the varieties of body language encountered in literary narrative, based on a general history of the phenomenon in the English language.

Author / Editor information

Korte Barbara :

Barbara Korte is Professor of English Literature at the University of Tubingen, Germany.

Reviews

Nathalie Cooke, Department of English, McGill University:

'This is a rare beast: a truly interdisciplinary study which establishes a critical framework for the application of recent scholarship on body language to literary texts. The scope of the study is impressive from a scholarly perspective; equally impressive, however, is its accessibility.'

Patrick O'Neill, author of Fictions of Discourse: Reading Narrative Theory and Acts of Narrative: Textual Strategies in Modern German Fiction:

'This is a rare beast: a truly interdisciplinary study which establishes a critical framework for the application of recent scholarship on body language to literary texts. The scope of the study is impressive from a scholarly perspective; equally impressive, however, is its accessibility.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preliminary Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
PART I: Introduction
1. Rationale and Purpose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Body Language in Literature and the Arts: Past and Present Research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
PART II: A Critical Framework for the Analysis of Body Language in (Narrative) Literature
3. Categories of Body Language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
4. Body Language in the Narrative Text: A Literary-Critical Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
PART III: Body Language in the English Novel: Trends in Historical Development
5. Body Language and the Aesthetic of the Novel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
6. Literary Body Language in Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 352

eBook

Published: January 9, 1998
ISBN: 9781442671492