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With Comeuppance, William Flesch delivers the freshest, most generous thinking about the novel since Walter Benjamin wrote on the storyteller and Wayne C. Booth on the rhetoric of fiction. In clear and engaging prose, Flesch integrates evolutionary psychology into literary studies, creating a new theory of fiction in which form and content flawlessly intermesh.

Fiction, Flesch contends, gives us our most powerful way of making sense of the social world. Comeuppance begins with an exploration of the appeal of gossip and ends with an account of how we can think about characters and care about them as much as about persons we know to be real. We praise a storyteller who contrives a happy or at least an appropriate ending, and fault the writer who refuses us one. Flesch uses Darwinian theory to show how fiction satisfies our desire to see the good vindicated and the wicked get their comeuppance. He conveys the danger and excitement of reading fiction with nimble intelligence and provides wide reference to stories both familiar and little known.

Flesch has given us a book that is sure to claim a central place in the discussion of literature and the humanities.

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In Margaret Astell's opinion, the Earl of Pardo was overbearing and conceited But as far as the earl was concerned, he was saving his heir from the snares of Mrs. Astell's daughter But when that issue was resolved, he still found cause to take an interest in the Astell family: He was in love.

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This digital document is an article from The Progressive, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1087 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Finally, comeuppance.(George W. Bush)(Column)
Author: Matthew Rothschild
Publication:The Progressive (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 70 Issue: 12 Page: 7(2)

Article Type: Column

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Retired house painter and old time biker, Aldo Chambers, is aggravated over his purchase of a used laptop computer

Aldo’s old time biker buddies learn why he is po’d and this knowledge is enough for them to initiate a plan of revenge. Their plan becomes a rallying cry for other unrelated groups who have also been victimized by the seller.

Aldo’s elderly biker cohorts, the Hill Country Hellers, cry: “It’s tit for tat time!” The Byway Wanderers Senior RV Club members agree: “It’s time to pay the piper!” The Capitol Town Mens Chorus members intone: “It’s just desserts time!” The staff of the Datum Associates Research Lab insist: “It’s payback time!”

And for Tit For Tat readers, you may enjoy ‘getting back’ at the seller as well. Just how often do you get an opportunity to participate in a ‘get even’ scheme aimed at someone who has screwed you?.
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This collection of stories is a mix of historical and contemporary fictions. The historical stories provide a background for the contemporary stories, so that the entire collection becomes a loose chronicle of the Native American experience since the European settlement of North America. A wide range of tribes is represented--Powhatan, Cherokee, Creek, Comanche, Lakota, Navajo, Ute, Keres, Ácoma, Zuni, and an unnamed southern California tribe. Each story highlights some individual s quandary--and often alienation--in negotiating and adapting to a face-to-face encounter with the whites..
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