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Contents:
1 On Interpretation: Literature as a Socially Symbolic Act:17- 102.
2 Magical Narratives: On the Dialectical Use of Genre Criticism:103- 150.
3 Realism and Desire: Balzac and the Problem of the Subject:151-184.
4 Authentic Ressenti
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Ideologemes in the "Experimental" Novels of George Gissing:185-205.
5 Romance and Reification: Plot Construction and Ideological Closure in Joseph Conrad:206-280.
6 Conclusion: The Dialectic of Utopia and Ideology:281-299.
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