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Types of Prose Narratives: A Text-Book for the Story Writer

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This book presents a practical classification of prose narrative types, tracing essential forms and the specific problems a story writer faces without attempting exhaustive origin studies. It defines distinguishing features of various narrative kinds, supplies literary examples and student compositions to illustrate practice, and stresses classroom-tested principles rather than dogma. Organized to stimulate composition, the chapters combine concise analysis, illustrative passages, brief historical notes, and a selective bibliography to direct further reading. The work aims to orient novice writers, offer concrete exercises, and give teachers a compact, ready work-table resource for instructing narrative craft.

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Title: Types of Prose Narratives: A Text-Book for the Story Writer

Author: Harriott Ely Fansler

Release date: January 4, 2021 [eBook #64210]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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