TY - BOOK AU - Allott,Miriam Farris TI - Novelists on the novel AV - PN3321 .A4 U1 - 808.3 PY - 1959/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Fiction N1 - 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 ER -