Narcissistic Narrative: The Metafictional Paradox

Paperback. English. Methuen. 1985. 168pp.

In good condition.

Linda Hutcheon, in this original study, examines the modes, forms and techniques of narcissistic fiction, that is, fiction which includes within itself some sort of commentary on its own narrative and/or linguistic nature. Her analysis is further extended to discuss the implications of such a development for both the theory of the novel and reading theory.