Speech, Writing, and Thought Presentation in 19th-Century Narrative Fiction

Reference to or quotation from someone''s speech, thoughts, or writing is a key component of narrative. These reports further a narrative, make it more interesting, natural, and vivid, ask the reader to engage with it, and reflect historical cultural understandings of modes of discourse presentation. To a large extent, the way we perceive a story depends on the ways it presents discourse, and alon...