Telling It Again and Again: Repetition in Literature and Film

By Bruce F. Kawin

Book Overview

How do writers and filmmakers use repetition? It is useful when accenting an idea, but, in this original and thought-provoking book, Bruce F. Kawin argues that it serves a more important function as a manipulator of our sense of time and of the timeless. Brilliantly pitching the aesthetics of novelty against those of repetition, Kawin shows that the connections and rhythm of repetition offer revelations about literature and film, nature and memory, and time and art.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564789209
• ISBN13: 9781564789204
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher