> ><<Now I know that a lot of writers write about writing. But how often do
they
> >insert themselves so often, so personally, so integrally into their own
work
> >of fiction?. (Stendhal does so on a couple of occasions in Le Rouge et
le
> >noir but certainly not to this extent.) (Wouldn't it have been
fascinating
> >to read Shakespeare on Hamlet within the very context of the play?)
> >
> >How often is this done? By whom? With what force?>>
>
> Robin,
>
> Meta-fiction, meta-narrative: isn't it quite common since the 1940s.
> Barthelme. O'Brien. Ist'n _At Swim-Two-Birds_ a prime example of an author
> inserting himself into his novel?
>
> Gabe
Snap, Gabe, one of the examples I flashed-back at Lew was S2B.
> Maybe I don't understand your question? Maybe you're distinguishing the
> narrator from the author?
Snap2.
Brought this up with Lew. I +think+ Lew is mostly concerned with the
(historical) author [sic! -- not narrator] inserting himself into a text via
footnotes.
But the muddle here -- I'm pig in the middle -- is me, not Lew. Don't blame
him.
Jus thot Lew's post might interest the list.
Cheers,
Robin
[Oh, simply in case peoples say ...
Flag these ...
Sterne
Gide (Faux-Monnayeurs)/ Huxley (PointCP)
Fowles, FLW
Nabakov
... not to pre-empt discussion, but just to note there's a bit of
backchannel previous on this.
R2.]
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