How novels work, John Mullan
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How novels work, John Mullan
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-335) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
How novels work
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bibliography
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John Mullan
Review
"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." "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."--BOOK JACKET
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