The Creative Art of Fiction (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Creative Art of Fiction (Classic Reprint) written by H. A. Davidson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Creative Art of Fiction With fiction it is far otherwise. The writer of a novel may sin against every law of narrative art without fear that his error will be mentioned in the critical reviews. Not one of the criticisms, in this country, of a recent work of fiction, Helbeek of Bannisdale, defined the author' s purpose and general plan of development; yet the closing scene, the death of the heroine by drowning, cannot be justified without reference to the motif of the story. There is in print no satisfactory treatment of fiction as an art; scholarship and critical opinion on the subject are inchoate; even among institutions of learning wherein courses of instruction on this topic are given, there is little agreement. In some, no better device has been hit upon than the application of accepted theories of dramatic structure to the study of the novel; in others, the history of fiction forms the subject-matter of study, and, incidentally, some attention is given to characteristics and schools. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.