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Literary Lists: A Short History of Form and Function

Literary Lists: A Short History of Form and Function

Barton, Roman Alexander
Von Contzen, Eva
Rüggemeier, Anne

Hardcover

General ReferencePoetry Criticism

ISBN10: 3031283716
ISBN13: 9783031283710
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: May 24 2023
Pages: 141
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book provides a concise introduction to lists in literature from the early modern period to the twenty-first century. Tracing the changing functions of the literary list across time, it offers a broad range of case studies which situate selected enumerations in their respective contexts and demonstrate the versatility and creative potential of the list form. Starting with a review of previous research on the literary list, the book discusses four main constellations of enumeration: series and the great chain of being; itemization and enumerative realism; 'letteracettera' and experimental list-making; 'white noise' and creative exploits of enumeration between formal playfulness and existential exploration. The epilogue offers an analytical toolkit for the study of literary lists based on rhetorical theory.

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