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February 22, 2010May 19, 2012 - Uncategorized

Tiny Shocks Revisited (A Continuing Criticism of James Wood’s How Fiction Works)

Earlier today John pointed toward Nigel Beale’s cleverly-titled criticism of my post “Tiny Shocks: Uncovering the Reductive Plot of James…

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January 31, 2010May 19, 2012 - Uncategorized

Tiny Shocks: Uncovering the Reductive Plot of James Wood’s How Fiction Works

[Update: As if this post weren’t long enough, there’s now a Part 2.] On January 22, I read Shya Scanlon’s…

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