| Reciprocities in the Nonfiction Novel Contributor(s): Russell, John (Author), Isaacs, Neil (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0820322024 ISBN-13: 9780820322025 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2000 Annotation: Nonfiction novels have usually been associated with the "new journalism" writers of the 1960s such as Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, and Truman Capote. Yet this form has long commanded a key position in the literary canon, as John Russell now reveals. Russell identifies eleven major works not usually thought of as nonfiction novels, such as Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa and E. E. Cummings's The Enormous Room, to create a new definition of the genre. He shows that journalistic writing is characterized by a reporter's proprietary stance, which undermines reciprocity with subjects, while true nonfiction novels feature greater reciprocity and also employ such techniques as circular narrative and bricolage. Reciprocities in the Nonfiction Novel contributes to ongoing explorations of literary forms and offers wise commentary on how writing about real life can become art. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism |
| Dewey: 809 |
| LCCN: 99089053 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.27" W x 9.33" (1.09 lbs) 242 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Nonfiction novels have usually been associated with the "new journalism" writers of the 1960s such as Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, and Truman Capote. Yet this form has long commanded a key position in the literary canon, as John Russell now reveals. Russell identifies eleven major works not usually thought of as nonfiction novels, such as Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa and E. E. Cummings's The Enormous Room, to create a new definition of the genre. He shows that journalistic writing is characterized by a reporter's proprietary stance, which undermines reciprocity with subjects, while true nonfiction novels feature greater reciprocity and also employ such techniques as circular narrative and bricolage.Reciprocities in the Nonfiction Novel contributes to ongoing explorations of literary forms and offers wise commentary on how writing about real life can become art. |
Contributor Bio(s): Russell, John: - JOHN RUSSELL is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Maryland. He is the author of several books, including Style in Modern British Fiction and Henry Green: Nine Novels and an Unpacked Bag. |