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Deceit, desire, and the novel

René Girard

1961

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Deceit, desire, and the novel

René Girard

1961

About the book

Discussion of the thesis that any goal which the protagonist of a novel seeks has been suggested by a mediator and that this "triangular desire" is the form of all great novels.

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