Description: Acknowledgements Preface A Note on Editions Abbreviations PART I: INITIATIONS 1. 'Silhouette': An Introduction to Gene Wolfe 2. 'Trip, Trap': Psychology and Thematic Coherence 3. 'In the House of Gingerbread': Interpretative Games and the Psychology of Reader Response 4. 'The God and His Man': Critical Responses to the Urth Cycle PART II: INVESTIGATIONS: THE URTH CYCLE 5. 'The Toy Theatre': Uncovering the Story of the Urth Cycle 6. 'The Last Thrilling Wonder Story'? Intergeneric Operations 7. 'How the Whip Came Back': Directing Reader Response 8. 'Cues': The Function of Unfamiliar Diction 9. 'There Are Doors': Memory and Textual Structure 10. 'A Solar Labyrinth': Metafictional Devices and Textual Complexity PART III: CONCLUSIONS 11. 'The Map': The Multi-volume Novels and Metafictional Cartography Notes Bibliography Index

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