Title: New testaments : cognition, closure, and the figural logic of the sequel, 1660-1740 /
Authors: Austin, Michael, 1966-
Publisher: University of Delaware Press ; Rowman & Littlefield,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Bible Language, style.; English fiction History and criticism; English fiction History and criticism; Closure (Rhetoric); Fiction Technique; Narration (Rhetoric); Sequels (Literature); Rhetoric in the Bible.
Contents: Introduction -- Narrative closure as a cognitive problem -- God's sequel -- His great duel, not of arms: Davidic typology -- And rhetorical combat in Paradise regained -- The figural logic of the sequel and the unity of The pilgrim's progress -- "Jesting with the truth": figura, trace, and the boundaries of fiction in Robinson Crusoe and its sequels -- Everybody's story: Pamela as type -- Conclusion.