Personification and impossible fictions

Daniel Nolan

doi:10.1093/aesthj/ayt053

Personification and impossible fictions

Daniel Nolan^*

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Abstract

Impossible fictions are not just the creations of puzzle-seeking philosophers or artists experimenting with the limits of fiction. Impossibilities can be found in relatively mundane fiction as well. This article argues that the device of personification, especially of abstract entities such as death or duty, yields impossible fictions, arguing against a number of strategies that might be tried to show that these cases of personification do not yield impossibilities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	57-69
Number of pages	13
Journal	British Journal of Aesthetics
Volume	55
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayt053
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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