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The mirror in the text

by Lucien Dällenbach, Jeremy Whiteley, Emma Hughes

A systematic analysis of the mise en abyme, a device where an internal element mirrors a work as a whole. This study explores the history and function of the technique across literature and the visual arts, from the Renaissance to the twentieth-century nouveau roman.

Accession 5059 ISBN 0226134911 Publisher University of Chicago Press
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