Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Abbreviations x
Introduction 1
1 Reliability and Shifting Perspectives: Hesitation in Heterodiegesis 13
Introduction 13
Part 1 Realist Borrowings in the Fantastic 16
Part 2 Narrative Authority and the Fantastic 20
Part 3 Hesitation and the Heterodiegetic Voice 25
2 Personality and Multiple Voice: Hesitation in Homodiegesis 40
Introduction 40
Part 1 Hesitating Syntax in the Homodiegetic Context 43
Part 2 The Role of Narrator Personality 47
Part 3 Narrative Levels and Relative Authority 64
3 Madness and Narrative Disintegration: Hesitation and Coherence 78
Introduction 78
Part 1 Unstable Openings 81
Part 2 Homodiegetic Disintegration in Le Horla 91
Part 3 Heterodiegetic Incoherence in The Double 105
4 Narrative Play and Generic Disruption: Hesitation and Self-Consciousness 120
Introduction 120
Part 1 Early Departures from Generic Conventions 123
Part 2 Ironic Exploitation of Generic Models 130
Part 3 Problematizing the Status of the Discourse 144
Conclusion 154
Bibliography 159
Index 167