Novelists on the novel / by Miriam Allott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allot, Miriam Faris.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania Press)

Series:

Columbia paperback ; 17.

A Columbia paperback ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--Authorship.

Fiction.

Fiction--Technique.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 336 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1966]

Contents:

Preface. Part One. The Nature of Prose Fiction. The Novel and the Marvellous; The Novel as a Portrait of Life; The Ethics of the Novel. Introduction. Text.

Part Two. The Genesis of a Novel. The Novelist's Approach and Equipment; Germination; At Work: Effort and Inspiration. Introduction. Text.

Part Three. I. The Craft of Fiction. Structural Problems: Unity and Coherence; Plot and Story; The Time-Factor. II. Narrative Technique; III. Characterization; IV. Dialogue; V. Background; VI. Style. Introduction. Text

Notes:

"Columbia Paperback Edition 1966."

"Only the practitioner can speak with final authority about the problems of his art. In this book I have gathered together discussions about the nature and craft of fiction by novelists, believing that these are the most likely people to clear up the confusions of novel criticism."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok July 1973".

OCLC:

1038951239