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Interpretive Instability

Interpretive Instability is a narrative phenomenon in literary theory whereby the unreliability of a narrator generates multiple, conflicting, and ultimately irreconcilable readings of a text, distinguishing it from more resolvable forms of ambiguity by undermining the possibility of a definitive interpretation.

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2017–2026

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Parents

Publications

3

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Authors

4

  1. JM
    Jerome McGann

    University of Virginia, United States

    1 publications · 97 citations

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  2. AM
    Anna Mahtani

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  3. SJ
    S.J. James

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  4. LS
    Lisa Samuels

    1 publications · 97 citations

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Institutions

2

  1. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  2. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. The Philosophical Quarterly

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  2. Essays in Criticism

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  3. New Literary History

    NLH · 1 publications · 97 citations

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