This study seeks to alter our understanding of Keller's realism by
problematizing the act of reading within fiction. The story of
reading in Keller's fiction is a self-conscious meditation on the
schism between life and its literary representation--and it
emphasizes the incapacity of that representation to actually and
substantially influence the life it is based on. This has
consequences for the didactic writer. The act of reading here
generally involves a collision between fiction and its other and a
move (or tragic failure to move) toward an acceptance and
affirmation of the non-correspondence between life and literature,
a process that renders moral didacticism a quixotic project. This
position runs counter to the prevailing view of Keller as a
consciously didactic author who tried to create a credible copy of
reality in order to revise and repair the real world by inspiring
readers to make the depicted improvements in their nonfictional
universe.
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