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Positions and Perspectives on Pronouns in Literature: The State of the Subject

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This chapter serves as an introduction to the volume and an up-to-date review of the study of pronouns in literature. Firstly, we discuss the kinds of effects to which pronouns contribute in literary contexts, illustrating their interpretative significance and revealing their complex network of functions. This complexity leads us into the necessarily diverse array of scholarship which has to engaged with and analysed this functioning over the last 100 years. The next section of the introduction provides a historical overview of this scholarship, and outlines the latest developments and innovations in research into pronouns across a range of disciplines. Finally, the chapter introduces the structural logic of the volume, providing a summary of each contribution and highlighting the themes arching through the chapters.

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    Alison Gibbons

  2. Department of English Literature and Modern Languages, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    Andrea Macrae

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Gibbons, A., Macrae, A. (2018). Positions and Perspectives on Pronouns in Literature: The State of the Subject. In: Gibbons, A., Macrae, A. (eds) Pronouns in Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95317-2_1

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