How novels work /
John Mullan.

Description

Main Author

Mullan, John, 1958-

Language(s)

English

Published

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2006.

Subjects

Literaturgattung.
Roman.
Roman.
Handlung (Literatur)
Erzähltechnik.
Englisch.
Romans.
Roman > Roman / Technique.
Roman américain > Roman américain / Histoire et critique > Roman américain / Histoire et critique / Théorie, etc.
Roman anglais > Roman anglais / Histoire et critique > Roman anglais / Histoire et critique / Théorie, etc.
Roman anglais > Roman anglais / Histoire et critique > Roman anglais / Histoire et critique / Théorie, etc.
Roman américain > Roman américain / Histoire et critique > Roman américain / Histoire et critique / Théorie, etc.
Roman > Roman / Technique.
Fiction > Fiction / Technique.
American fiction > American fiction / History and criticism > American fiction / History and criticism / Theory, etc.
English fiction > English fiction / History and criticism > English fiction / History and criticism / Theory, etc.
Englisch.
USA.

Summary

"How Novels Work explains how the pleasures of novel reading often come from the formal ingenuity of the novelist. Addressed to anyone who is interested in the close reading of fiction, it makes visible techniques and effects of which we are often only half-aware as we read. It shows that literary criticism is something that all fiction enthusiasts can do."--Jacket.
"Drawing on his weekly Guardian column, 'Elements of Fiction', John Mullan examines novels mostly of the last ten years, many of which have become firm favourites with reading groups. He reveals the resources of novelistic technique, setting recent fiction alongside classics of the past. Each section shows how some basic element of fiction is used. Some topics (like plot, dialogue, or location) will appear familiar to most novel readers; others (metanarrative, prolepsis, amplification) will open readers' eyes to new ways of understanding and appreciating the writer's craft."

Physical Description

x, 346 pages ; 23 cm

ISBN

0199281785
9780199281787
9780199281770
0199281777

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