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    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."

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    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."

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    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."

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    Original Title: The Rhetoric of Fiction


    ISBN: 0226065588
    ISBN13: 9780226065588
    Autor: Wayne C. Booth
    Rating: 3.2 of 5 stars (4773) counts
    Original Format: Paperback, 457 pages
    Download Format: PDF, DJVU, iBook, MP3.
    Published: February 15th 1983 / by University Of Chicago Press / (first published 1960)
    Language: English
    Genre(s):
    Language >Writing- 41 users
    Nonfiction- 35 users
    Criticism >Literary Criticism- 24 users
    Philosophy >Theory- 17 users
    Criticism- 11 users

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    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 termssuch 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 yearstwo decades that Booth describes as "the richest in the history of the subject."

    About Author:

    Other Editions:
    - The Rhetoric Of Fiction (Unknown Binding)

    - The Rhetoric of Fiction (Kindle Edition)

    - Kurmacann Retorii (Paperback)


    - The Rhetoric Of Fiction (Paperback)

    - Retorica della narrativa (Paperback)

    Books By Author:

    - The Craft of Research (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)


    - The Rhetoric of Rhetoric

    - The Company We Keep: An Ethics of Fiction

    - A Rhetoric of Irony

    - Modern Dogma and the Rhetoric of Assent

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    - Advertisements for Myself

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    Aug 07, 2016


    Paul Bryant
    Rated it: really liked it
    Shelves: litcrit

    I read this some years ago and it was completely impressive, all about tellin' and showin' and
    modernism wishing to drive out the author's voice and very not reliable narrators and four kinds of
    realism and Henry James and how tears and laughter are aesthetically frauds, god damn them to
    hell.
    Years later when I thought of this book a little something popped into my head. I saw a scarecrow
    in a field - peering closer I saw he had my face... and he was grinning glassily and... singing.

    I could wh

    I read this some years ago and it was completely impressive, all about tellin' and showin' and
    modernism wishing to drive out the author's voice and very not reliable narrators and four kinds of
    realism and Henry James and how tears and laughter are aesthetically frauds, god damn them to
    hell.

    Years later when I thought of this book a little something popped into my head. I saw a scarecrow
    in a field - peering closer I saw he had my face... and he was grinning glassily and... singing.

    I could while away the hours


    Re-reading Richard Powers
    Or maybe Gertrude Stain
    And my head I'd be scratchin'
    While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
    If I only had a brain

    I'd unravel any riddle


    of modernistic piddle
    while commutin' on a train
    And my thoughts would be dancin'
    I could be another Franzen!
    If I only had a brain

    I could entertain the missus


    With tales of brave Ulysses
    Or even James M. Cain
    I would formulate the pieces
    Of my throbbing mighty thesis
    If I only had a brain

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