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The Whalestoe Letters, an Ergodic Epistolary Novel

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Authors: francesca medaglia;

handle: 11573/1761924

The Whalestoe Letters, an Ergodic Epistolary Novel

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The article explores the genre of epistolary fiction, focusing on Mark Z. Danielewski’s The Whalestoe Letters (2000) as an emblematic example of an epistolary novel framed in the metamodern dimension, capable of employing narrative and media techniques that serve to reinstate a form of epistolarity that is both traditional and innovative. The Whalestoe Letters not only revitalises the genre but also offers an opportunity to reflect on the human condition and narrative as an act of relationship between a mother and her beloved son.

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The Whalestoe Letters; epistolary novel; metamodernity; narration; ergodic literature

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