Rhetoric of Fiction

Name: Rhetoric of Fiction
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ISBN: 9780226065588

ISBN-10: 0226065588

ISBN-13: 9780226065588

Edition: 2nd 1983 (Revised)

Authors: Wayne C. Booth

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The first edition of The Rhetoric of Fiction transformed the criticism of fiction and soon became a classic in the field. One of the most widely used texts in fiction courses, it is a standard reference point in advanced discussions of how fictional form works, how authors make novels accessible, and how readers recreate texts, and its concepts and terms—such as "the implied author," "the postulated reader," and "the unreliable narrator"—have become part of the standard critical lexicon. For this new edition, Wayne C. Booth has written an extensive Afterword in which he clarifies misunderstandings, corrects what he now views as errors, and sets forth his own recent thinking about the…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1983
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/15/1983
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 572
Size: 5.30" wide x 7.90" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Foreword to the Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Acknowledgments



Artistic Purity and the Rhetoric of Fiction



Telling and Showing Authoritative


""Telling"" in Early Narration


Two Stories from theDecameron


The Author's Many Voices



General Rules



""True Novels Must Be Realistic""


From Justified Revolt to Crippling Dogma


From Differentiated Kinds to Universal Qualities


General Criteria in Earlier Periods


Three Sources of General Criteria: The Work, the Author, the Reader


Intensity of