354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1959, Novelists on the Novel makes an attempt to set out fully what novelists both major and minor have to say about the practice of their art. It draws on the experience of English, French and Russian novelists so that the general reader and the more serious literature student can find out what they have to say about the novel as a literary form. The included passages come... Read more
Preface Introduction 1. The Novel and the Marvellous 2. The Novel as a Portrait of Life 3. The Ethics of the Novel 4. The Novelist’s Approach and Equipment 5. Germination 6. At Work: Effort and Inspiration 7. Structural Problems 8. Narrative Technique 9. Characterization 10. Dialogue 11. Background 12. Style Acknowledgements Index
Biography
Miriam Allott
