Unreliability in Lyric Poetry

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface and Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Conceptualising (Un)reliable Narration and (Un)trustworthiness 1
5. Theoretical Issues And New Directions
6. Theorising Narrative (Un)reliability: A Tentative Roadmap 31
7. What about the Default, or Interpretive Diversity? Some Reflections on Narrative (Un)reliability 59
8. Reconceptualising Fictional (Un)reliability and (Un)trustworthiness from a Multidisciplinary Perspective: Categories, Typology and Functions 83
9. Kinds of Unreliability in Fiction: Narratorial, Focal, Expositional and Combined 109
10. Combining Possible-Worlds Theory and Cognitive Theory: Towards an Explanatory Model for Ironic-Unreliable Narration, Ironic-Unreliable Focalization, Ambiguous- Unreliable and Alterated-Unreliable Narration in Literary Fiction 131
11. Unreliability in Non-Fiction: The Case of the Unreliable Addressee 155
12. Transgeneric And Intermedial Approaches
13. Unreliability in Lyric Poetry 173
14. The Performative Power of Unreliable Narration and Focalisation in Drama and Theatre: Conceptualising the Specificity of Dramatic Unreliability 189
15. Irony, Retroactivity, and Ambiguity: Three Kinds of “Unreliable Narration” in Literature and Film 221
16. (Un)reliability in Fictional and Factual Audiovisual Narratives on YouTube 245
17. Tracing Televised ‘Truth’: Reality Effect and Unreliable Narration in TV News 273
18. Interdisciplinary Perspectives On (Un)Reliability
19. (Un)reliable Narration in Journalism: The Fine Line between Fact and Fiction 305
20. Unreliable Narratives in the US Elections: How Much Reliability Can a Campaign Take? 329
21. Unreliable Narration in Law Courts 347
22. Unreliable Narration in Historical Studies 371
23. Unreliability in Patient Narratives: From Clinical Assessment to Narrative Practice 395
24. Communicating Dreams: On the Struggle for Reliable Dream Reporting and the Unreliability of Dream Reports 415
25. Notes on Contributors 429
26. Index 435