Novelists on the novel.

Allott, Miriam Farris.

Novelists on the novel. - New York, Columbia University Press, 1959. - xv, 336 p. 22 cm.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Preface -- Part One: The nature of prose fiction -- Introduction -- I. The novel and the marvellous -- II. The novel as a portrait of life -- III. The Ethics of the novel -- Part Two: The genesis of a novel -- Introduction -- I. The novelist's approach and equipment -- II. Germination -- III. At work: effort and inspiration -- Part Three: The craft of fiction -- Introduction -- I. Structural problems: unity and coherence; plot and story; the time-factor -- II. Narrative technique -- III. Characterization -- IV. Dialogue -- V. Background -- VI. Style.

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Fiction.

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