A Note on Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One Canonical Text as Intertext
Ⅰ.Ever After ： A Parody of Hamlet
i.Rebuilding Self-identification by Echoing Hamlet
ii.A Frustrated Imitation of the Tragic Hero
Ⅱ.Last Orders： A Palimpsestic Refashioning of The Canterbury Tales
j.A Journey to Obtain Dignity
jj.A Journey to Obtain Holiness
jjj.A Journey of Reconciliation and Redemption
Chapter Two Text Embedded inside the Novel as Intertext
Ⅰ.Rewriting Forefather's Notebooks in Ever After
j.A Special Case of lntertextuality： Recreating the Original
Text
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Chapter Three Genre as Intertext
Chapter Four Photograph as Intertext in Out of This World
Chapter Five History as Intertext： Historiographic Metafiction in
Waterland
Conclusion
Works Cited
Acknowledgements
