TY - BOOK T1 - Present Tense Narration in Contemporary Fiction: A Narratological Overview Y1 - 2016 A1 - Huber, Irmtraud KW - Fiction / General KW - Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative KW - Literary Criticism / General KW - Literary Criticism / Modern / General KW - Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory AB - Present Tense Narration in Contemporary Fiction seeks to account for the growing prevalence and frequency of present tense narration in modern literature. In order to better understand the conditions and effects of the technique, the book situates its discussion in a historical context and examines a variety of present-tense usage in works by prominent contemporary authors, including John Burnside, Will Self and Hilary Mantel. PB - Springer SN - 978-1-137-56213-5 N1 - Google-Books-ID: Rz8sDQAAQBAJ ER -