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The Language of Fiction
Contributor(s): Sanger, Keith (Author)
ISBN: 0415145996     ISBN-13: 9780415145992
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $28.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 1998
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Annotation: The Language of Fiction:
* asks what makes literature? How does it work? How do we read it?
* explores varying literary styles and authorship
* deals with openings, point of view, speech, gender and pop fiction
* includes a wide-range of literary extracts, from the classics of Hardy and Austen, to the contemporary works of Raymond Carver, Angela Carter, Nick Hornby, Irvine Welsh
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Composition
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric
Dewey: 808.3
LCCN: 97020649
Lexile Measure: 1060
Series: Intertext
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.88" W x 9.84" (0.60 lbs) 132 pages
 
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What makes literature? How does it work? How do we read it? This work explores these questions and varying literary styles and authorship. It deals with openings, point of view, speech, gender and pop fiction. The book includes a wide-range of literary extracts, from the classics of Hardy and Austen, to the contemporary work of Raymond Carver, Angela Carter, Nick Hornby and Irvine Welsh.