A New Anatomy of Storyworlds: What Is, What If, as If

by Marie-Laure Ryan

The question of how narratives actually do the work of world-building transcends disciplines: from cosmology to philosophy, digital culture, popular culture, and literary theory. In A New Anatomy of Storyworlds, Marie-Laure Ryan investigates the narratological importance of the concept of world in its various manifestations. She uses a wide array of works--from Sokal's hoax to Maus, from Saussure to Barthes, from Kafka to virtual reality--to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814215084
• ISBN13: 9780814215081
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"