Dialogue

Dialogue

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Womack Peter
Taylor & Francis Ltd
EAN: 9780415329224
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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.

EAN 9780415329224
ISBN 0415329221
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date April 20, 2011
Pages 176
Language English
Dimensions 198 x 129
Country United Kingdom
Authors Womack Peter
Series editors Drakakis John
Series New Critical Idiom