Surprise

Name: Surprise: The Poetics of the Unexpected from Milton to Austen
Brand: Cornell University Press
SKU: 9780801453694
Price: 5066.00 INR
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The Poetics of the Unexpected from Milton to Austen

by Christopher R. Miller

Cornell University Press

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Today, in the era of the spoiler alert, "surprise" in fiction is primarily associated with an unexpected plot twist, but in earlier usage, the word had darker and more complex meanings. Originally denoting a military ambush or physical assault, surprise went through a major semantic shift in the eighteenth century: from violent attack to pleasurable experience, and from external event to internal feeling. In Surprise , Christopher R.

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