How to Read a Novel
How to Read a Novel
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Takes the reader on a literary journey from the first English novels of three hundred years ago to the present avalanche of ten thousand a year. This title shows that reading a novel is not a spectator sport, but an intense participatory activity. It offers insights into what we read, fresh questions to pose and the means to pursue them.
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How to Read a Novel by John Sutherland
John Sutherland takes the reader on a literary journey from the first English novels of three hundred years ago to the present avalanche of ten thousand a year. In a series of informed and intelligent conversations set around a variety of exemplary texts he shows that reading a novel is not a spectator sport, but an intense participatory activity. People of all ages, classes and nationalities read novels - Sutherland gives us new insights into what we read, new questions to pose and the means to pursue them.
a fascinating brief sociological history of the literary industry * New Statesman *
Entertaining * The Spectator *
an amiable stroll.. there's much enjoyment to be had from the author's examination of everything... * Sunday Times *
enlightening stuff * Daily Mail *
Entertaining * The Spectator *
an amiable stroll.. there's much enjoyment to be had from the author's examination of everything... * Sunday Times *
enlightening stuff * Daily Mail *
John Sutherland is Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London and a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology. He has published twenty books (including Is Heathcliff a Murderer? Great Puzzles in 19th Century Fiction) and writes a weekly column for the Guardian. He was chairman of the 2005 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781861979865 |
| ISBN 10 | 186197986X |
| Titre | How to Read a Novel |
| Auteur | John Sutherland |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Profile Books Ltd |
| Année de publication | 2007-08-02 |
| Nombre de pages | 304 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |