How fiction works
What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely--from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from Wh...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely--from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from What Maisie Knew to Make Way for Ducklings--Wood takes the reader through the basic elements of the art, step by step.--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 265 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780374173401 (alk. paper) 0374173400 (alk. paper) |
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