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Index to Motifs
The index that follows should not be regarded as exhaustive. First, some major elements have been omitted by design. Castles, for instance, are so pervasive a device that no purpose can be served by the recitation of two hundred novels that have them; similarly, the abundance of murders in the novels argued the retention for the index of specialized murders only — matricide, ax murder, suicide, and so on. Second, the reader should understand that some novels have been more thoroughly indexed than others. Those read or reread under clement circumstances were indexed page by page, but others were read under pressure of time or indexed from plot notes taken in other years for other purposes. And while plot notes are likely to include incest and banditti, they may well overlook such subtler elements as presentiments or unfinished deathbed speeches.
The index should have a number of uses. Most conspicuously, it can lead scholars with particular interests — cav...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Summaries
- Index to Motifs
- Index of Characters
- Index of Titles
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