‘I grieve’ as Make-Believe

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Section 1 – Theory
5. The Concept of Literary Realism 15
6. Thought, Make-Believe and the Opacity of Narrative 41
7. Narrative per se and Narratability 61
8. Section 2 – Literature and Film
9. Distance in Fiction 77
10. Narration, Representation, Memoir, Truth, and Lies 95
11. Truth in Fiction 113
12. Destabilizing Reality 139
13. The Place for External Considerations in Reading Literary Fiction 155
14. Fictional Truth, Principles of Generation, and Interpretation 165
15. Deixis in Literary and Film Fiction 185
16. Metalepsis and Participation in Games of Make-Believe 203
17. ‘I grieve’ as Make-Believe 223
18. Section 3 – Theatre and Music
19. Fictionality and Make-Believe in Drama, Theatre and Opera 245
20. Making Meaning in the Theatre: Double Noesis 269
21. Impurely Musical Make-Believe 283
22. Section 4 – Games
23. Make-Believe Wickedness vs. Wicked Making-Believe 309
24. Agency and Volition in Make-Believe Worlds 323
25. Prop Perspective and the Aesthetics of Play 335
26. Index 353
27. Contact Addresses 361