[lit-ideas] Re: plea
- From: carol kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:44:12 -0700
Better yet, Le Corpse Retrouve! For another genre, The Return of the Undead.
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 5:42 PM, carol kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Cherchez le corpse?
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> ck
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> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 5:36 PM, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> On Sep 25, 2011, at 4:03 PM, carol kirschenbaum wrote:
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>> > Hi Julie,
>> >
>> > Return of Martin Guerre, as Robert said, is probably the classic of this
>> sub-genre. I'm in the midst of a contemporary novel that turns it around a
>> bit--the wife is the returned survivor (*Trespass* by Valerie Martin). Come
>> to think of it, Isaac Baashevis Singer did this role reversal in *Enemies, a
>> Love Story.*
>> >
>> > Any others, hmmm? A name for this plotline?
>> >
>> Might it be called, "Never Found the Body"?
>> http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverFoundTheBody
>>
>> David Ritchie,
>> touching the trope to see if it's cold in
>> Portland, Oregon
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