Materials and Methods of Fiction
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Plot, character, setting and point of view become questions of craft in Clayton Meeker Hamilton's study of prose storytelling. Published in 1908, the book moves from the purpose of fiction and the claims of realism and romance to narrative structure, emphasis and style. Its contents also distinguish the novel, the novelette and the short story. Brander Matthews supplies an introduction that considers how prose fiction gained literary standing alongside older forms such as poetry and drama.
Hamilton makes his arguments through examples from other writers. In the discussion of setting, weather can shape events, reveal a person's mood or create a deliberate contrast with it. He also weighs factual accuracy against the imaginative fitness of a scene. Readers interested in writing or literary criticism can use these comparisons to think more precisely about how a story's surroundings contribute to its meaning.
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- Clayton Meeker Hamilton
- Pages
- 163
- Language
- English
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