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Deceit, desire, and the novelDeceit, desire, and the novel

Deceit, desire, and the novel1965

René Girard

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Discussion of the thesis that any goal which the protagonist of a novel seeks has been suggested by a mediator and that this "triangular desire" is the form of all great novels.

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First published
1965
OL Work ID
OL3286874W

Subjects

History and criticismExampleFictionRomanExempleHistoire et critiqueDesire in literatureFiction, history and criticismWensenLetterkundeLiteratuurtheorieRomankunst

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