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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811489003321

Autore

Mullan John <1958->

Titolo

How novels work / / John Mullan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-383-04274-8

1-280-84409-4

0-19-153595-8

1-4294-5941-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 346 p.)

Disciplina

823.009

Soggetti

English fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc

American fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Fiction - Technique

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- References -- Introduction -- 1. Beginning -- 2. Narrating -- 3. People -- 4. Genre -- 5. Voices -- 6. Structure -- 7. Detail -- 8. Style -- 9. Devices -- 10. Literariness -- 11. Ending -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Using examples from popular novels, this work examines the techniques by which fiction works. It explains how the pleasures of novel reading often come from the formal ingenuity of the novelist.