The art of fiction : notes on craft for young writers / John Gardner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, Edition: Vintage books edDescription: xii, 224 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780679734031
  • 0679734031
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 808.3 21
LOC classification:
  • PN3355 .G34 1991
Contents:
Aesthetic law and artistic mystery -- Basic skills, genre, and fiction as dream -- Interest and truth -- Metafiction, deconstruction and jazzing around -- Common errors -- Technique -- Plotting -- Exercises.
Summary: In this handbook, based on the courses and seminars that John Gardner gave, he explains the principles and techniques of good writing. Gardner's lessons, exemplified with detailed excerpts from classic works of literature, sweep across a complete range of topics -- from the nature of aesthetics to the shape of a refined sentence.
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Includes index.

Aesthetic law and artistic mystery -- Basic skills, genre, and fiction as dream -- Interest and truth -- Metafiction, deconstruction and jazzing around -- Common errors -- Technique -- Plotting -- Exercises.

In this handbook, based on the courses and seminars that John Gardner gave, he explains the principles and techniques of good writing. Gardner's lessons, exemplified with detailed excerpts from classic works of literature, sweep across a complete range of topics -- from the nature of aesthetics to the shape of a refined sentence.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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