The Cambridge companion to prose / edited by Daniel Tyler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tyler, Daniel, 1981- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to topics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prose literature--Technique.

Prose literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This Companion provides an introduction to the craft of prose. It considers the technical aspects of style that contribute to the art of prose, examining the constituent parts of prose through a widening lens, from the smallest details of punctuation and wording to style more broadly conceived. The book is concerned not only with prose fiction but with creative non-fiction, a growing area of interest for readers and aspiring writers. Written by internationally-renowned critics, novelists and biographers, the essays provide readers and writers with ways of understanding the workings of prose. They are exemplary of good critical practice, pleasurable reading for their own sake, and both informative and inspirational for practising writers. The Cambridge Companion to Prose will serve as a key resource for students of English literature and of creative writing.

Contents:

Introduction / Daniel Tyler

Part One: Parts of prose

Punctuation / Bharat Tandon

Words / Garrett Stewart

Sentences / Daniel Tyler

Paragraphs / Jenny Davidson

Chapters / James Williams

Perspective / Ruth Bernard Yeazell

Style / Michael Hurley

Part Two: Prose Genres

Realist Prose / James Wood

Comic Prose / Jonathan Greenberg and David Gale

Gothic Prose / Alison Milbank

Science Fiction / Adam Roberts

Travel Writing / Roslyn Jolly

Nature Writing / Richard Kerridge

Life Writing / Jay Parini.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Nov 2021).

ISBN:

9781108945127

1108945120

9781108945882

1108945880

9781108939201

1108939201