Literature : structure, sound, and sense /
Laurence Perrine.
- 3rd ed.
- New York : Harcourt BraceJovanovich, c1978.
- xxv, 1525p. ; 22cm.
Includes index
Literature is a surreal narrative poem that revolves around a revolver, a forlorn man, heavy traffic, and a book. It surveys the elements of a short story as seen through the eyes of a semi-omniscient speaker, who observes but not moralizes, who talks about possibilities but not the truths, who relishes in both the reportage and the investigation.