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041 0 _aeng
050 1 4 _aPN 3355
_bF757u 2009
082 _a809.3
100 1 _aFoster, Thomas C.,
_d1950-
245 1 0 _aUnderstanding novels :
_ba lively exploration of literary form and technique /
_cThomas C. Foster.
260 _aLondon :
_bA & C Black,
_c2009.
300 _a312 p. ;
_c22 cm.
505 0 _aPreface: Novel possibilities, or all animals aren't pigs? -- Introduction: Once upon a time : a short, chaotic, and entirely idiosyncratic history of the novel -- Pickup lines and open(ing) seductions or, why novels have first pages -- You can't breathe where the air is clear -- Who's in charge here? -- Never trust a narrator with a speaking part -- A still, small voice (or a great, galumphing one) -- Men (and women) made out of words, or, My pip ain't like your pip -- When very bad people happen to good novels -- Wrinkles in time, or Chapters just might matter -- Everywhere is just one place -- Clarissa's flowers -- Met-him-pike-hoses -- Life sentences -- Drowning in the stream of consciousness -- The light on Daisy's dock -- Fiction about fiction -- Source codes and recycle bins -- Interlude: Read with your ears -- Improbabilities : foundlings and magi, colonels and boy wizards -- What's the big idea -- or even the small one? -- Who broke my novel? -- Untidy endings -- History in the novel/the novel in history -- Conspiracy theory -- Conclusion: The never-ending journey.
520 _aA lively and entertaining guide to understanding and dissecting novels to make everyday reading more enriching, satisfying and fun. Understanding Novels shows how a novel's structure - point of view, narrative voice, chapter construction, character emblems create meaning and form the special literary language of the novel.
650 0 _aFiction
_xAuthorship
650 4 _aNovela
_xAutoría
_93939
650 0 _aFicción
_93082
650 0 _aCreative writing.
650 4 _aEscritura creativa
_92304
650 0 _aFiction
_xTechnique.
650 4 _aFicción
_xTécnicas
_93316
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_cBK
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