How Fiction Works
Autor James Wooden Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 aug 2018
In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power. Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we "know" a fictional character? What constitutes a telling detail? When is a metaphor successful? Is Realism realistic? Why do some literary conventions become dated while others stay fresh?
James Wood ranges widely, from Homer to Make Way for Ducklings, from the Bible to John le Carr , and his book is both a study of the techniques of fiction-making and an alternative history of the novel. Playful and profound, How Fiction Works will be enlightening to writers, readers, and anyone else interested in what happens on the page.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781250183927
ISBN-10: 1250183928
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 113 x 180 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Pan Macmillan
ISBN-10: 1250183928
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 113 x 180 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Pan Macmillan
Cuprins
Contents
Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition xv
Narrating 1
Flaubert and Modern Narrative 37
Flaubert and the Rise of the Flaneur 45
Detail 58
Character 91
A Brief History of Consciousness 129
Form 157
Sympathy and Complexity 174
Language 185
Dialogue 215
Truth, Convention, Realism 224
Bibliography 251
Index 255
Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition xv
Narrating 1
Flaubert and Modern Narrative 37
Flaubert and the Rise of the Flaneur 45
Detail 58
Character 91
A Brief History of Consciousness 129
Form 157
Sympathy and Complexity 174
Language 185
Dialogue 215
Truth, Convention, Realism 224
Bibliography 251
Index 255
Notă biografică
James Wood
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Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, How Fiction Works is a study of the main elements of fiction, such as narrative, detail, characterization, dialogue, realism, and style.
Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, How Fiction Works is a study of the main elements of fiction, such as narrative, detail, characterization, dialogue, realism, and style.