TY - BOOK AU - Schneider,Ana-Karina TI - Studies in the rhetoric of fiction SN - 9781443883481 AV - PN3355 U1 - 808.3 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Newcastle-upon-Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - English fiction KW - 18th century KW - History and criticism KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Narration (Rhetoric) KW - History KW - Roman anglais KW - 18e siècle KW - Histoire et critique KW - 20e siècle KW - 21e siècle KW - Narration KW - Histoire KW - Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) KW - bicssc KW - Literature: history & criticism KW - Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Composition & Creative Writing KW - bisacsh KW - Rhetoric KW - REFERENCE KW - Writing Skills KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N2 - Studies in the Rhetoric of Fiction investigates the contemporary novel's relation to its forerunners, the picaresques, romances and sentimental novels of the 18th century. Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne and Jane Austen are stable landmarks, while, of the contemporary practitioners, a handful recur from one chapter to the next, particularly Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro. The chapters share an interest in the rhetoric of fiction, broadly understood as the way in which fictional works achieve their effects on readers, whether by directly addressing a hypothetical reader, using iro UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1077512 ER -