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Dialogue
Author: Peter Womack
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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 Womackulloutlines the history of dialogue form, looking at Platonic, Renaissance, Enlightenment and Modern examples llillustrates the play of dialogue in the many voices of the novel, and considers how dialogue works on the stagellinterprets the influential dialogic theories of Mikhail Bakhtinllexamines the idea that literary study itself consists of a dialogue with the pastllpresents a useful glossary and further reading section.lulPractical and thought-provoking, this volume is the ideal starting-point for the exploration of this diverse and fascinating literary form.About the AuthorUniversity of East Anglia, UK
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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 Womackulloutlines the history of dialogue form, looking at Platonic, Renaissance, Enlightenment and Modern examples llillustrates the play of dialogue in the many voices of the novel, and considers how dialogue works on the stagellinterprets the influential dialogic theories of Mikhail Bakhtinllexamines the idea that literary study itself consists of a dialogue with the pastllpresents a useful glossary and further reading section.lulPractical and thought-provoking, this volume is the ideal starting-point for the exploration of this diverse and fascinating literary form.About the AuthorUniversity of East Anglia, UK
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