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The art of fiction : a guide for writers and readers / Ayn Rand

By: Language: eng Publication details: New York : A Plume book, 2000Description: 180 p.; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780452281547
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.3
LOC classification:
  • PN 3355  R186a 2000
Contents:
Introduction / Leonard Peikoff -- Writing and the Subconscious -- Literature as an Art Form -- Theme and Plot -- The Plot-Theme -- The Climax -- How to Develop a Plot Ability -- Concretize Your Abstractions -- Think in Terms of Conflict -- Tap Your Emotions -- Characterization -- Style I: Depictions of Love -- from Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand -- from Notre-Dame de Paris / Victor Hugo -- from Of Time and the River / Thomas Wolfe -- from Arrowsmith / Sinclair Lewis -- from Star Money / Kathleen Winsor -- from By Love Possessed / James Gould Cozzens -- Style II: Descriptions of Nature and of New York -- from Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand -- from Seven Gothic Tales / Isak Dinesen -- from The Fountainhead / Ayn Rand -- from Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand -- from One Lonely Night / Mickey Spillane -- from The Web and the Rock / Thomas Wolfe -- Naturalistic Description -- Analysis of "A Letter on Style" / Sinclair Lewis -- Particular Issues of Style -- Narrative versus Dramatization -- Exposition -- Flashbacks -- Transitions -- Metaphors -- Descriptions -- Dialogue -- Slang -- Obscenities -- Foreign Words -- Journalistic References -- Special Forms of Literature -- Humor -- Fantasy -- Symbolism -- Tragedy and the Projection of Negatives.
Summary: Guide for writers and readers. How a writer combines abstract ideas and concrete action to achieve a unity of theme, plot, characterization and style.
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Introduction / Leonard Peikoff --
Writing and the Subconscious --
Literature as an Art Form --
Theme and Plot --
The Plot-Theme --
The Climax --
How to Develop a Plot Ability --
Concretize Your Abstractions --
Think in Terms of Conflict --
Tap Your Emotions --
Characterization --
Style I: Depictions of Love --
from Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand --
from Notre-Dame de Paris / Victor Hugo --
from Of Time and the River / Thomas Wolfe --
from Arrowsmith / Sinclair Lewis --
from Star Money / Kathleen Winsor --
from By Love Possessed / James Gould Cozzens --
Style II: Descriptions of Nature and of New York --
from Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand --
from Seven Gothic Tales / Isak Dinesen --
from The Fountainhead / Ayn Rand --
from Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand --
from One Lonely Night / Mickey Spillane --
from The Web and the Rock / Thomas Wolfe --
Naturalistic Description --
Analysis of "A Letter on Style" / Sinclair Lewis --
Particular Issues of Style --
Narrative versus Dramatization --
Exposition --
Flashbacks --
Transitions --
Metaphors --
Descriptions --
Dialogue --
Slang --
Obscenities --
Foreign Words --
Journalistic References --
Special Forms of Literature --
Humor --
Fantasy --
Symbolism --
Tragedy and the Projection of Negatives.

Guide for writers and readers. How a writer combines abstract ideas and concrete action to achieve a unity of theme, plot, characterization and style.

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