Aspects Of The Novel: A Classic Guide with Witty Insights for Writers and Readers
Forster, E.M.
ISBN 10: 0156091801 ISBN 13: 9780156091800
Published by Mariner Books, 1956
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A highly original and intelligent investigation of the novel from celebrated writer and “gentle genius” E. M. Forster
 
E. M. Forster’s renowned guide to writing sparkles with wit and insight for contemporary writers and readers. With lively language and excerpts from well-known classics, Forster takes on the seven elements vital to a novel: story, people, plot, fantasy, prophecy, pattern, and rhythm. He not only defines and explains such terms as “round” versus “flat” characters (and why both are needed for an effective novel), but also provides examples of writing from such literary greats as Dickens and Austen. Forster's original commentary illuminates and entertains without lapsing into complicated, scholarly rhetoric, coming together in a key volume on writing that avoids chronology and what he calls “pseudoscholarship.”
About the Author:
A multi-Nobel Prize in Literature nominee, EDWARD MORGAN FORSTER (1879-1970) was the author of many well-known novels, including Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910), A Passage to India (1924), and Maurice (1971). He also wrote several volumes of criticism and essays.
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Title: Aspects Of The Novel: A Classic Guide with ...
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication Date: 1956
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good