Writers on writing / compiled and edited by Walter Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Walter Ernest, 1911-1995, editor.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Dutton paperback ; D46.

A Dutton paperback ; D46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 258 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1959?]

Contents:

Part I. Poetry. Definitions and descriptions of poetry; The ends and uses of poetry; The poet's nature; Inspiration and calculation; The poet's subject; The poet's style; Rhythm, rhyme and diction; Poetry and symbolism

Part II. The Novel. The nature of the novel; Essentials of the novelist; Shape and structure of the novel; The telling of the novel; Characters; The novelist's style; The novelist at work; In defence of fiction.

Notes:

"The world's greatest poets and novelists comment on their art"--Cover.

Includes indexes.

Local Notes:

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

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok June 1966 New York".

OCLC:

2484194