The language of fiction

by Keith Sanger

The Language of Fiction:* asks what makes literature? How does it work? How do we read it?* explores varying literary styles and authorship* deals with openings, point of view, speech, gender and pop fiction* includes a wide-range of literary extracts, from the classics of Hardy and Austen, to the contemporary works of Raymond Carver, Angela Carter, Nick Hornby and Irvine Welsh.