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Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate

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In 'Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate', Daniel Mendelsohn weaves together the stories of three exiled writers—Erich Auerbach, François Fénelon, and W. G. Sebald—into a meditation on the art of storytelling and the nature of narrative itself. Mendelsohn explores themes of displacement, the intertwining of personal and historical narratives, and the ways in which stories can illuminate the human condition.
Publisher
Page-Barbour Lectures
Publication year
2020
ISBN-13
9780813944661
ISBN-10
081394466X
Language
English
Subjects
Literary CriticismMemoirExile and DisplacementNarrative TheoryHistorical BiographyCultural StudiesPhilosophy of LiteratureContemporary NonfictionIntertextualityEuropean Literature

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