This set of volumes sketches the history, breadth, and applicability of narrative theory, thus demonstrating its value as an analytical instrument. The collection includes articles from the leading names of narrative theory, such as Roland Barthes, Mikhail Bakhtin, Tzvetan Todorov and Jean-Francoise Lyotard, as well as lesser-known, though equally important, contributions.
Titles already available in this series include Deconstruction (2002, 4 volumes, GBP450) and Modernism (2002, 5 volumes, GBP550). Forthcoming titles include Romanticism (2005, 4 volumes, c.GBP475) and Structuralism (2006, 4 volumes, c.GBP495).

Introduction by: Mieke Bal