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Preface ix -- Introduction xiii -- Part I : Rectilinear Causality in Narrative 1 -- 1 Causality in Fiction 3 -- 2 Causal Options in the Récit : Gide 21 -- 3 Causal Options in Histoire and Narration : Zolas L'Assommoir 37 -- 4 Causal Chains and Textualization : Zola's La Bête humaine 65 -- 5 Inference, Causality, and the Levels of Narrative 88 -- Part II : Nonrectilinear Causal Strategies 101 -- 6 Track and Sidetrack 103 -- 7 Associating with Proust 122 -- 8 Myth and Mythos 136 -- 9 The Broken Line 149 -- 10 Mental-Representation Fiction 174 -- Conclusion 208 -- Appendixes 227 -- Works Cited 233 -- Index 239