How Novels Work by John Mullan

How Novels Work by John Mullan

This book draws on the author's column in the Guardian, 'Elements of Fiction'. Using examples from well-known recent novels, it examines the techniques by which fiction works. It will widen the vocabulary of anyone interested in contemporary fiction, not least by showing where it has elements in common with classic novels of the past.

Expanding on his popular Guardian column, and focusing on a set of key novels, How Novels Work [mullan] aims to explain to the interested 'non-academic' reader critical approaches, particularly 'matters of form', which are normally considered the perserve of academia..the text is rich in critical and literary-historical insights...critical readings which...[are], above all, communicated in plain English. * Beth Lynch, TLS *
Ever insightful critiques...wholly satisfying, and a great education for book-lovers and would-be novelists alike... Mullan is willing to go where other academics do not usually deign to tread. * Susan Elderkin, The Financial Times *
A wealth of sharp mini-essays. * The Guardian (Review) *

John Mullan is Professor of English at University College London. He is the author of Sentiment and Sociability: The Language of Feeling in the Eighteenth Century (OUP) and co-editor of Eighteenth-Century Popular Culture: An Anthology (OUP). He has edited several works by Daniel Defoe and has written widely on eighteenth-century fiction. A broadcaster and journalist as well as an academic, he writes a weekly column on contemporary fiction for the Guardian.

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ISBN 13	9780199281770
ISBN 10	0199281777
Title	How Novels Work
Author	John Mullan
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2006-10-12
Number of pages	358
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