How literature works

Quinn, Kenneth

How literature works - Houndmills : Macmillan, 1992. - XII, 273 pages ;

Index

Preface.- A Particular Use of Words.- How Fiction Works: The text that tells a story.- The Singing and the Speaking Voice.- The Poetic and the Prosaic Mind.- The Writer as Moralist: The social function of literary texts.-List of Technical Terms.- Further Reading.

In How Literature Works important issues of literary theory are vividly illustrated by application to a wide variety of texts, many quoted and discussed at length.

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