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About fiction; reverent reflections on the nature of fiction with irreverent observations on writers, readers & other abuses.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Harper & Row [1975]Edition: [1st ed.]Description: vi, 182 p. 21 cmISBN:
  • 0060130822
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.3/3
LOC classification:
  • PN3503 .M62
Contents:
What is fiction? -- What good is it? -- So what's it all about -- this fiction? -- Touching on a few of the fine points -- Fiction as truth maker and life enhancer -- The problem -- in so far as there is one -- On being true-to-life -- A triumph -- and its consequences -- Just imagine -- About making it new -- About the reading of fiction -- About the reader -- how writers provide their own predicament -- About the fly in the reader's ointment -- The ideal, built-in, nonexistent reader -- About the campus city -- a haven for writers, readers, and good fiction -- About the decline of fiction -- if there is one -- About voice -- or, the writer revealed in spite of himself -- A reader's sampler -- If fiction is so smart, why are we so stupid?
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What is fiction? -- What good is it? -- So what's it all about -- this fiction? -- Touching on a few of the fine points -- Fiction as truth maker and life enhancer -- The problem -- in so far as there is one -- On being true-to-life -- A triumph -- and its consequences -- Just imagine -- About making it new -- About the reading of fiction -- About the reader -- how writers provide their own predicament -- About the fly in the reader's ointment -- The ideal, built-in, nonexistent reader -- About the campus city -- a haven for writers, readers, and good fiction -- About the decline of fiction -- if there is one -- About voice -- or, the writer revealed in spite of himself -- A reader's sampler -- If fiction is so smart, why are we so stupid?