Picturing - Description and Illusion in the Nineteenth Century Novel

Informationen zum Autor Michael Irwin Zusammenfassung First published in 1979. Most of the great nineteenth century novelists strove to render in words the people and places that they invented and most readers of fiction picture in their imagination these characters and scenes. This book investigates both types of ‘picturing’, exploring the principles and problems concerned, and sheds light on the workings of fiction — reassessing a number of famous novels in the process. By so doing, this work relates the academic study of the novel to the writing and reading of fiction, and the teaching of creative writing. This book will appeal to students of literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1 Introduction 2 Fictitious Faces 3 Gesture 4 Clothes and Accoutrements 5 Rooms and Houses 6 Villages and Towns; Notes; Index

Product details

• Authors: Michael Irwin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.07.2016
• EAN: 9781138648913
• ISBN: 978-1-138-64891-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Nineteenth-Century Novel
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form