The Rhetoric of FictionUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 mag 2010 - 572 pagine The first edition of The Rhetoric of Fiction transformed the criticism of fiction and soon became a classic in the field. One of the most widely used texts in fiction courses, it is a standard reference point in advanced discussions of how fictional form works, how authors make novels accessible, and how readers recreate texts, and its concepts and terms—such as "the implied author," "the postulated reader," and "the unreliable narrator"—have become part of the standard critical lexicon. For this new edition, Wayne C. Booth has written an extensive Afterword in which he clarifies misunderstandings, corrects what he now views as errors, and sets forth his own recent thinking about the rhetoric of fiction. The other new feature is a Supplementary Bibliography, prepared by James Phelan in consultation with the author, which lists the important critical works of the past twenty years—two decades that Booth describes as "the richest in the history of the subject." |
Sommario
The Authors Voice in Fiction | 167 |
Impersonal Narration | 269 |
The Rhetoric in Fiction and Fiction as Rhetoric TwentyOne Years Later | 401 |
Bibliography | 459 |
Supplementary Biography 196182 by James Phelan | 495 |
Index to the First Edition | 521 |
Index to the Bibliographies | 543 |
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