Summary
A highly original and intelligent investigation of the novel from celebrated writer and “gentle genius” E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster’s renowned guide to writing sparkles with wit and insight for contemporary writers and readers. With lively language and excerpts from well-known classics, Forster takes on the seven elements vital to a novel: story, people, plot, fantasy, prophecy, pattern, and rhythm. He not only defines and explains such terms as “round” versus “flat” characters (and why both are needed for an effective novel), but also provides examples of writing from such literary greats as Dickens and Austen. Forster's original commentary illuminates and entertains without lapsing into complicated, scholarly rhetoric, coming together in a key volume on writing that avoids chronology and what he calls “pseudoscholarship.”
From the rear cover
The wit and lively, informed originality Forster employs in his study of the novel has made this book a classic. Deliberately avoiding the chronological development approach of what he classifies 'pseudosholarship, ' the author freely examines aspects all English-language novels have in common.
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- Title Aspects of the Novel
- Author E. M. Forster
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Edition Unstated
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date 1956-09-14
- ISBN 9780156091800 / 0156091801
- Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 7.99 x 5.33 x 0.48 in (20.29 x 13.54 x 1.22 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects English fiction - History and criticism, Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 84022498
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.3
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Citations
- Library Journal, 02/01/2016, Page 38
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