Research Catalog

Title

A primer of the novel : for readers and writers / David Madden, Charles Bane, Sean M. Flory.

Author

Madden, David, 1933-

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bane, Charles, 1971-
• Flory, Sean M., 1976-

Description

xxi, 278 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This handbook focuses on more than fifty types and major artistic techniques of the novel throughout its history, providing definitions and discussions and including typical passages and lists of examples. For easy reference, it includes a detailed chronology of novels, two bibliographies of articles and books by both novelists and critics, and two indexes of types and techniques and authors and titles."--Jacket.

Subject

• Fiction > History and criticism
• Fiction > Technique

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Types of Novels -- Novels of Comedy -- Novels of Letters -- Novels of Life -- Novels of Development -- The Symbolic Novel -- Novels of History -- Novels of Realism -- Novels of Region -- Novels of Philosophy and Politics -- Novels of Psychology -- The Pure Novel: A Not-Yet-Realized Type -- The Art of Fiction -- Point of View -- Story -- Characters -- Conflict -- Time-Space -- Theme -- Plot -- Structure -- Style -- Symbolism -- Imagery -- Unity -- Innovative Techniques -- Revision.

ISBN

• 0810857081 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780810857087

LCCN

^^2005033522

OCLC

62324926

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library