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Giving a close critical reading to major texts by Dickens, Poe, Eliot, Melville, James, Conrad, Lawrence, Joyce, Woolf, and Faulkner, Professor Caserio provides an historical dimension to the developing fate of plot, story, and the novel. In addition, he challenges the major critical positions of Northrop Frye, Roland Barthes, and Edward Said with regard to the interpretation and evaluation of narrative trends.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

American fiction -- History and criticism. --- English fiction -- History and criticism. --- Plots (Drama, novel, etc.). --- English fiction --- American fiction --- Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- History and criticism --- Drama --- Dramatic plots --- Fiction --- Novels --- Scenarios --- Plot --- Plots --- Intrigues (Théâtre, roman, etc.) --- History and criticism. clear --- -Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) --- Intrigues (Théâtre, roman, etc.) --- 82-31 --- -English fiction --- 82-31 Roman --- Roman --- Authorship --- Literature --- History and criticism. --- Technique --- English literature --- Roman anglais --- Histoire et critique

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In the symbolic language of ballads, a lady's costly dress tells of the beauty of the body beneath it or of the wearer's happiness; a lost hawk or hound foreshadows the hunter's fate long before the plot reaches a turning point. In her original and far-reaching study of such familiar narrative elements, Edith Randam Rogers adds much to our understanding of poetic expression in the ballad tradition.In focusing on individual motifs as they appear in different ballads, different languages, and different periods, Rogers proves the existence of a reliable lingua franca of symbolism in European ball

Comparative literature --- Symbolism in literature. --- Ballads, Spanish --- Ballads --- Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) --- Signs and symbols in literature --- Symbolism in folk literature --- Spanish ballads --- Spanish ballads and songs --- Folk ballads --- Lyric poetry --- Poetry --- Songs --- Vocal music --- Folk songs --- Themes, motives. --- History and criticism.