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Dialogue - Peter Womack

English
2011-04-21
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Dialogue is a many-sided critical concept; at once an ancient philosophical genre, a formal component of fiction and drama, a model for the relationship of writer and reader, and a theoretical key to the nature of language. In all its forms, it questions โ€˜literatureโ€™, disturbing the singleness and fixity of the written text with the fluid interactivity of conversation.In this clear and concise guide to the ... Full description

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Dialogue is a many-sided critical concept; at once an ancient philosophical genre, a formal component of fiction and drama, a model for the relationship of writer and reader, and a theoretical key to the nature of language. In all its forms, it questions โ€˜literatureโ€™, disturbing the singleness and fixity of the written text with the fluid interactivity of conversation.In this clear and concise guide to the multiple significance of the term, Peter Womack: outlines the history of dialogue form, looking at Platonic, Renaissance, Enlightenment and Modern examples illustrates the play of dialogue in the many โ€˜voicesโ€™ of the novel, and considers how dialogue works on the stage interprets the influential dialogic theories of Mikhail Bakhtin examines the idea that literary study itself consists of a โ€˜dialogueโ€™ with the past presents a useful glossary and further reading section.Practical and thought-provoking, this volume is the ideal starting-point for the exploration of this diverse and fascinating literary form.

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Author Peter Womack
Publisher Routledge
Release year 2011
Cover type Softcover
EAN 9780415329224
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