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1、WAYNEC.BOOTHIheRhetoricoffictionSecondEditionhefirsteditionofTheRhetoricofFictiontransformedthecriticismoffictionandsoonbecameaclassicinthefield.Oneofthemostwidelyusedtextsinfictioncourses,itisastandardreferencepointinadvanceddiscussionsofhowfictionalformworks,howauthorsmaken
2、ovelsaccessible,andhowreadersrecreatetexts,anditsconceptsandterms—suchas"theimpliedauthor,""thepostulatedreader,"and"theunreliablenarrator"—havebecomepartofthestandardcriticallexicon.ForthisneweditionWayneC.BoothhaswrittenanextensiveAfterwordinwhichheclarifiesmisunderstanding
3、s,correctswhathenowviewsaserrors,andsetsforthhisownrecentthinkingabouttherhetoricoffiction.TheothernewfeatureisaSupplementaryBibliography,preparedbyJamesPhclaninconsultationwiththeauthor,whichliststheimportantcriticalworksofthepasttwentyyears—twodecadesthatBoothdescribesas"th
4、erichestinthehistoryofthesubject."Praiseforthefirstedition:"Notmanybookscanbecalledindispensable.Thisonecan....Manypeople,readingthissaneandcogentbook,aregoingtofeelasifdoorsandwindowshadbeenopened."—WallaceStegner,AmericanScholar"Thisisamajorcriticalworkwhichshouldberequired
5、readingforeveryoneconcernedintheacademicstudyofprosefiction."—DavidLodge,(British)ModernLanguageReviewWAYNE-:C.BOOTHistheGeorgeM.PullmanDistinguishedServiceProfessorEmeritusattheUniversityofChicago.HeistheauthorofARhetoricofIrony,ModernDogmaandtheRhetoricofAssent,CriticalUnde
6、rstanding:ThePowersandLimitsofPluralism,andNowDon'tTrytoReasonwithMeandistheeditorofTheKnowledgeMostWorthHaving,allpublishedbytheUniversityofChicagoPress.ThefirsteditionofhisTheRhetoricofFictionreceivedtheChristianGaussAward(PhiBetaKappa)andtheDavidH.RussellAwardforDistinguis
7、hedResearch(NationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglish).TheUniversity<>tChicagoPressISBND-ZZb-OLSSfi-flllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll90000>7heRhetoricoffictionSecondEdition7heRhetoricoffictionSecondEditionBYWAYNEC.BOOTHTHEUNIVERSITYOFCHICAGOPRESSCHICAGO&LONDONTheUniversityofChicagoPr
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