num_pages: 304
description: What makes a tale worth telling? When is a detail significant and when extraneous? And how much irrelevant detail can a reader take in stride? This book addresses tellability by looking at texts that raise the question themselves, works by Chekhov, Zoshchenko, and Gogol.
language: English
title: The Pragmatics of Insignificance: Chekhov, Zoshchenko, Gogol
titlecomplete: The Pragmatics of Insignificance: Chekhov, Zoshchenko, Gogol (STUDIES OF THE HARRIMAN INSTITUTE)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Stanford University Press