How fiction works
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
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xvi, 265 pages ; 20 cm.
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What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely--from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from What Maisie Knew to Make Way for Ducklings--Wood takes the reader through the basic elements of the art, step by step.--From publisher description.
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Book
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1st ed.
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English
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9780374173401 (hardcover : alk. paper) :, 0374173400 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and index.
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What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely--from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from What Maisie Knew to Make Way for Ducklings--Wood takes the reader through the basic elements of the art, step by step.--From publisher description.
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Wood, J. (2008). How fiction works. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wood, James, 1965-. 2008. How Fiction Works. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wood, James, 1965-, How Fiction Works. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wood, James. How Fiction Works. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
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