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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- A Note on Editions
- Abbreviations
- Part I Initiations
- 1. ‘Silhouette’: An Introduction to Gene Wolfe
- 2. ‘Trip, Trap’: Psychology and Thematic Coherence
- 3. ‘In the House of Gingerbread’: Interpretative Games and the Psychology of Reader Response
- 4. ‘The God and His Man’: Critical Responses to The Urth Cycle
- Part II Investigations: The Urth Cycle
- 5. ‘The Toy Theatre’: Uncovering the Story of the Urth Cycle<sup>1</sup>
- 6. ‘The Last Thrilling Wonder Story’? Intergeneric Operations
- 7. ‘How the Whip Came Back’: Directing Reader Response<sup>1</sup>
- 8. ‘Cues’: The Function of Unfamiliar Diction
- 9. ‘There Are Doors’: Memory and Textual Structure
- 10. ‘A Solar Labyrinth’: Metafictional Devices and Textual Complexity
- Part III Conclusions
- 11. ‘The Map’: The Multi-volume Novels and Metafictional Cartography<sup>1</sup>
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- A Note on Editions
- Abbreviations
- Part I Initiations
- 1. ‘Silhouette’: An Introduction to Gene Wolfe
- 2. ‘Trip, Trap’: Psychology and Thematic Coherence
- 3. ‘In the House of Gingerbread’: Interpretative Games and the Psychology of Reader Response
- 4. ‘The God and His Man’: Critical Responses to The Urth Cycle
- Part II Investigations: The Urth Cycle
- 5. ‘The Toy Theatre’: Uncovering the Story of the Urth Cycle<sup>1</sup>
- 6. ‘The Last Thrilling Wonder Story’? Intergeneric Operations
- 7. ‘How the Whip Came Back’: Directing Reader Response<sup>1</sup>
- 8. ‘Cues’: The Function of Unfamiliar Diction
- 9. ‘There Are Doors’: Memory and Textual Structure
- 10. ‘A Solar Labyrinth’: Metafictional Devices and Textual Complexity
- Part III Conclusions
- 11. ‘The Map’: The Multi-volume Novels and Metafictional Cartography<sup>1</sup>
- Bibliography
- Index
