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Description for How Novels Work
Paperback. This book draws on the author's column in The Guardian, 'Elements of Fiction'. Using examples from well-known recent novels, it examines the techniques by which fiction works. It will widen the vocabulary of anyone interested in contemporary fiction, not least by showing where it has elements in common with classic novels of the past. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Never has contemporary fiction been more widely discussed and passionately analysed; recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of reading groups and in the interest of a non-academic readership in the discussion of how novels work. 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 rich resources of novelistic technique, setting recent fiction alongside classics of the past. Nick Hornby's adoption of a female narrator is compared to Daniel Defoe's; Ian McEwan's use of ... Read more
Never has contemporary fiction been more widely discussed and passionately analysed; recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of reading groups and in the interest of a non-academic readership in the discussion of how novels work. 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 rich resources of novelistic technique, setting recent fiction alongside classics of the past. Nick Hornby's adoption of a female narrator is compared to Daniel Defoe's; Ian McEwan's use of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199281787
SKU
V9780199281787
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-25
Reviews for How Novels Work
It strikes me that none of our readers can afford to be without this book! I'm an admirer of John Mullan's 'Guardian' columns, and this is definitely something that we should be reviewing.
Edward Fenton. 'The Oxford Writer
A brilliant crash course in contemporary fiction
Waterstones Books Quarterly
Edward Fenton. 'The Oxford Writer
A brilliant crash course in contemporary fiction
Waterstones Books Quarterly