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Poetics of Prose

Literary Essays from Lermontov to Calvino

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  1. Mark Axelrod

    1. Chapman University , Orange, USA

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  • Amalgamates scholarly analysis with the experience of a creative writer

  • Includes discussions about writers ranging from Chekhov to Camus to Calvino

  • Provides useful insights for scholars of literature, particularly comparative literature, but also creative writers and general enthusiasts interested in the writing craft.

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. A Poetics Introduction, Mostly

    • Mark Axelrod
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Psychoanalytic Poetics of Weltschmerz in Mikhail Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Times

    • Mark Axelrod
    Pages 9-18

  4. The Poetics of Dramatic Prose in Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons

    • Mark Axelrod
    Pages 19-32

  5. The Poetics of the Quest in Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Dog”

    • Mark Axelrod
    Pages 33-44

  6. The Poetics of Stagecraft and Dialogue in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard

    • Mark Axelrod
    Pages 45-65

  7. The Architectonics of Poetic Prose in Camus’s The Stranger

    • Mark Axelrod
    Pages 67-81

  8. The Poetics of Reading in Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

    • Mark Axelrod
    Pages 83-95

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 97-100
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About this book

This creative yet scholarly book discusses prose's important relationship to close literary analysis, showing how such an approach can be beneficial for readers, scholars, and writers alike. Bringing together a literary history that consists of writers such as Lermontov, Chekhov, Camus, and Calvino, Mark Axelrod masterfully interweaves discussions of structure, context, genre, plot, and other key elements often applied to poetry but seldom applied to various forms of prose in order to offer bold and surprisingly fresh claims about the writer's purpose. By peeling back these layers of technique and style, this book opens up discussions to better understand and appreciate great dramatists, writers, and poets throughout time by returning back to the core elements that originally comprised their writing crafts.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Chapman University , Orange, USA

    Mark Axelrod

About the author

Mark Axelrod is a Professor of Comparative Literature at Chapman University, USA.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Poetics of Prose

  • Book Subtitle: Literary Essays from Lermontov to Calvino

  • Authors: Mark Axelrod

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43558-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43557-2Published: 13 October 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82854-1Published: 16 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43558-9Published: 03 October 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IV, 97

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Comparative Literature, Fiction, Poetry and Poetics

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