Why now, why then?: Present-tense narration in contemporary British and commonwealth novels

JNT-Journal of Narrative Theory

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-268

  Miyahara, Kazunari ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 75749113699     PISSN: 15490815     EISSN: 15489248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jnt.0.0030     Document Type: Review

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