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Essentials of the Theory of Fiction

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Essentials of the Theory of Fiction

Editor(s): Michael J. Hoffman, Patrick D.
Murphy
Contributor(s): Rachel Blau DuPlessis,
Susan S. Lanser, Catherine Burgass, Joseph
Tabbi

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Published: 2005
Pages: 520

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What accounts for the power of stories to both entertain and illuminate? This question has
long compelled the attention of storytellers and students of literature alike, and over the
past several decades it has opened up broader dialogues about the nature of culture and
interpretation. This third edition of the bestselling Essentials of the Theory of Fiction
provides a comprehensive view of the theory of fiction from the nineteenth century
through modernism and postmodernism to the present. It offers a sample of major
theories of fictional technique while emphasizing recent developments in literary criticism.
The essays cover a variety of topics, including voice, point of view, narration, sequencing,
gender, and race. Ten new selections address issues such as oral memory in African
American fiction, temporality, queer theory, magical realism, interactive narratives, and
the effect of virtual technologies on literature. For students and generalists alike,
Essentials of the Theory of Fiction is an invaluable resource for understanding how fiction
works.
Contributors. M. M. Bakhtin, John Barth, Roland Barthes, Wayne Booth, John Brenkman,
Peter Brooks, Catherine Burgass, Seymour Chatman, J. Yellowlees Douglas, Rachel Blau
DuPlessis, Wendy B. Faris, Barbara Foley, E. M. Forster, Joseph Frank, Joanne S. Frye,
William H. Gass, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Grard Genette, Ursula K. Heise, Michael J.
Hoffman, Linda Hutcheon, Henry James, Susan S. Lanser, Helen Lock, Georg Lukcs,
Patrick D. Murphy, Ruth Ronen, Joseph Tabbi, Jon Thiem, Tzvetan Todorov, Virginia Woolf
About The Author(s)
Michael J. Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Davis.
Among his books are Critical Essays on Gertrude Stein and The Subversive Vision:
American Romanticism in Literature.
Patrick D. Murphy is Professor of English at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. His
most recent books are Farther Afield in the Study of Nature-Oriented Literature and A
Place for Wayfaring: The Poetry and Prose of Gary Snyder.

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