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Dinnen (Queen Mary Univ., London, UK; The Digital Banal: New Media and American Literature and Culture [2018]) and Warhol (Ohio State Univ.; Having a Good Cry: Effeminate Feelings and Narrative Forms [CH, Jun'03, 40-5632]) have gathered a wide variety of original essays that represent the cutting edge of narrative theory. The contributors emphasize one or more of the following themes and topics: narrative as tied to place or bodies; narrative approaches to and developments from media other than the novel, especially contemporary media (television, film, podcasts, graphic novels, digital forms); "unnatural" or anti-mimetic approaches to narrative; and philosophical approaches to narrative. The 28 essays (all fewer than 18 pages) vary broadly in approach. Some use extensive readings or case studies, and others are purely theoretical. Some of the essays are more speculative, proposing new possibilities for narrative theory; others build more directly on established terrain. Because these essays present potential new directions in narrative studies, the volume is best suited to specialists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.--Lesley Goodman, Albright College
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