Textual Wanderings: The Theory and Practice of Narrative Digression

European and US scholars of literature contribute to the recent interest in digression not as weakness in a work but as a deliberate strategy by authors. The topics include towards a theory of plotless narrativity, John Barth's theory of narrative digression, radical digressivity and At Swim-Two-Birds, and whether digression is a viable concept for literary studies. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)