Dialogue - The New Critical Idiom - Womack, Peter (University of East Anglia, UK) - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9780415329224 - April 21, 2011
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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 ?literature?, 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 ?voices? 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 ?dialogue? 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.


176 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 21, 2011
ISBN13 9780415329224
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 176
Dimensions 131 × 197 × 17 mm   ·   194 g
Language English  
Series Editor Drakakis, John

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