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urn:uuid:3a1cb594-e934-4490-9fb2-cb05881db59b 03 15 9781805114024 00 EB E101 10 01 01 Genetic Narratology Analysing Narrative across Versions 1 A01 Dirk Van Hulle Dirk Van Hulle is Professor of Bibliography and Modern Book History at the University of Oxford, director of the Oxford Centre for Textual Editing and Theory (OCTET) and of the Centre for Manuscript Genetics at the University of Antwerp. With Mark Nixon, he is director of the MLA award-winning Beckett Digital Manuscript Project (www.beckettarchive. org), series editor of the series ‘Elements in Beckett Studies’, editor of the Journal of Beckett Studies, and curator of the Bodleian exhibition Write Cut Rewrite (Oxford, Feb 2024–Jan 2025). His publications include Textual Awareness (2004), Modern Manuscripts (2014), Samuel Beckett’s Library (2013, with Mark Nixon), The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Beckett (2015), James Joyce’s Work in Progress (2016), Genetic Criticism: Tracing Creativity in Literature (2022), and Write Cut Rewrite (2024, with Mark Nixon). 01 eng 00 320 03 23 Genetic Narratology 10 LIT006000 23 Literature 04 PN3355 10 LIT007000 23 Literature: Comparative Literature 23 Narrative Theory 10 LIT024000 23 Writing Process 10 LAN005050 23 Textual Variants 23 Manuscript Studies 23 Story Genesis 01 06 03 00 Genetic Narratology is the first full-length volume to merge genetic criticism with narratology, offering an innovative approach to understanding literature. By examining the creative process behind literary works through drafts, manuscripts and revisions, this book reveals how narratives are shaped in real time.Through diverse case studies—from Charlotte Brontë to Stephen King—this collection demonstrates how the material processes of writing influence narrative structure, pacing, and even the ‘untold’. By integrating genetic criticism with narratological methods, contributors explore how stories evolve, providing fresh insights into time, space, character, and suspense.Bridging the gap between the production and reception of texts, this volume makes a compelling case for incorporating genetic methods into broader narratological frameworks, enhancing not only our understanding of the genesis of literary works, ultimately enriching the reading experience, but also our awareness of the ways we narrativise this genesis.The book will be of interest to students and researchers alike, offering a new set of tools for analysing narrative across different versions. 04 00 Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors 1. An Introduction to Genetic Narratology: Geneses of Narratives and Narratives of Geneses 2. Metagenesis: Manuscripts, and How Metanarration and Metafiction Contribute to Their Analysis 3.The Structures of Narrative Imagination: Reading an Outline of Theodor Fontane’s Novel Die Poggenpuhls as a Test Case for Genetic Narratology 4. A Lodger Returns: Change in Narrative Voice Across Epigenetic Versions and Works 5. Melville’s Cancelled Note-to-Self: The Development of a ‘Ragged’ Narrative Across the Drafts of Billy Budd 6. ‘The puzzle pieces fit too late’: Posthumous Narratological Changes in Arthur Quiller-Couch and Daphne Du Maurier’s Castle Dor 7. Prototyping the Narrative Skeleton: Story Structure, Types of Narration and Vestigial Elements in the Genesis of James Joyce’s ‘Ithaca’ Episode 8. Drafting ‘Anon’ and Killing Anon: Virginia Woolf and the Genesis of English Literary Language 9. Beckett’s ‘Arabian Nights of the Mind’: Unnarratability, Denarrat(ivisat)ion and Narrative Closure in the Radio Play Cascando 10. A Genetic and Biographical Analysis of Barbara Pym’s Companion Character 11. Also for Irony: Historical Realism and the Move of a Chapter for the Final Version of V. (1963), by Thomas Pynchon 12. You Don’t Get Scared of Monsters, You Get Scared for People: Creating Suspense across Versions in Stephen King’s IT 13. Genetic Narratology and the Novelistic Cycle across Versions 14. ‘Indolence, interruption, business, and pleasure’: Narratological Rupture in The Last Samurai 15. Nanogenetic Econarratology: Where Narratology Meets Keystroke Logging Data 16. On the Value of Variants and Textual Genesis for Interpretation: Some Remarks on a New Relationship between Historical-Critical Editing, Genetic Criticism and Narratology Index Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 04 01 20241217 02 WORLD 06 15 9781805113997 06 15 9781805114000 06 15 9781805114017 06 15 9781805114031 06 15 9781805114024 WORLD 09 Open Book Publishers 20 02 5.99 GBP WORLD