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Overview
This book contains close readings of the opening pages of 24 widely taught texts, from Robinson Crusoe to The Buddha of Suburbia. Offering a wide coverage of English literature from the 18th to the 20th centuries, Reading Fiction illustrates a diverse range of approaches to the close reading of prose fiction. Childs' analyses are to both an overview of modes of fiction over the last 300 years as well as a guide to the methods and techniques of close reading.
Synopsis
This book contains close readings of the opening pages of 24 widely taught texts, from Robinson Crusoe to The Buddha of Suburbia. Offering a wide coverage of English literature from the 18th to the 20th centuries, Reading Fiction illustrates a diverse range of approaches to the close reading of prose fiction. Childs' analyses are to both an overview of modes of fiction over the last 300 years as well as a guide to the methods and techniques of close reading.
Booknews
Childs (English, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education) considers the opening lines of widely studied literary texts from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Each of the 24 chapters analyzes the opening lines of a text, including classics such as , , and as well as works by contemporary authors such as Salman Rushdie and Angela Carter. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)