Alex Woloch: 2 books
The One vs. the Many
Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Does a novel focus on one life or many? Alex Woloch uses this simple question to develop a powerful new theory of the realist novel, based on how narratives distribute limited attention among a crowded field of characters. His argument has important implications for both literary studies and narrative...
by Alex Woloch
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
There have been many studies of George Orwell, but nothing quite like this book by Alex Woloch—an exuberant, revisionary account of Orwell’s radical writing. Bearing down on the propulsive irony and formal restlessness intertwined with his plain-style, Woloch offers a new understanding of Orwell and a new way of thinking about writing and politics.