Deceit, Desire, and the Novel
Subtitle: Self and Other in Literary Structure
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 1, 1976
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780801818301
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Semiotics & Theory; Literary Criticism & Collections / European
First sentence: "I want you to know, Sancho, that the famous Amadis of Gaul was one of the most perfect knight errants.
Description: Discussion of the thesis that any goal which the protagonist of a novel seeks has been suggested by a mediator and that this "triangular desire" is the form of all great novels.