How to tell a story and other essays

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How to tell a story and other essays

Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, David Bradley ; afterword, Pascal Covici, Jr

(The Oxford Mark Twain / Shelley Fisher Fishkin, editor)

Oxford University Press, 1996

  • : trade ed
  • : lib. ed

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Facsimile reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper, 1897

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

"Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences," the best-known and best-loved essay in this collection, is Mark Twain's how-to guide for the would-be author. A hilarious and cutting critique of what not to do, this deliciously wicked essay also lays out what writers should and must do if they want their fiction to live and breathe--as Twain's own fiction always does. In "How to Tell a Story," the title piece, Twain takes on such mysteries as the perfectly-timed pause and the uses of the dead-pan mask, and candidly describes his own efforts to hone his platform skills. In "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us," Twain lays out a job description for the "native novelist" that is as fresh and accurate today as when Twain first wrote it. Anyone who cares about storytelling or writing will find Twain's sage suggestions in this volume compelling and engaging.

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  • The Oxford Mark Twain

    Shelley Fisher Fishkin, editor

    Oxford University Press 1996

    : trade ed. set , : lib. ed. set

詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA29371303
  • ISBN
    • 0195101499
    • 0195114183
  • LCCN
    96016579
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    lix, 233, 29 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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