5/10/2023 0 Comments The cloud roads series![]() Does the new work add to the oeuvre in interesting ways? Does it satisfy our craving for novelty? And if does, how? When a writer's oeuvre becomes identifiable by such recurring themes and movements-by variations on a pattern-evaluating a new addition to the oeuvre becomes a matter not only of considering the work itself we also examine its variation. At the same time, writers are often driven to write by strong concerns, the expression of which can't help but recur in their works. ![]() ![]() Indeed, one purpose of the repetitions that come to define a genre is precisely to throw into relief specific types of novelty. When we read a novel we expect some degree of novelty. ![]()
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