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... that is , an act of the writer's imagination in selecting , ordering and interpreting life - experience . ... words are recorded in the living memory of a people or by some mechanical means such as writing , sound recording , etc.
... that is , an act of the writer's imagination in selecting , ordering and interpreting life - experience . ... words are recorded in the living memory of a people or by some mechanical means such as writing , sound recording , etc.
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The traditional range of English or British writing has continued to focus on social behaviour and moral commentary , while American literature , for example , because of the original desire to create a new social and political order in ...
The traditional range of English or British writing has continued to focus on social behaviour and moral commentary , while American literature , for example , because of the original desire to create a new social and political order in ...
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For example , informal writing often includes interjections and asides — that is , phrases , questions and comments which interrupt the flow of the basic sentence , yet are incorporated into it . One can also expect longer , looser ...
For example , informal writing often includes interjections and asides — that is , phrases , questions and comments which interrupt the flow of the basic sentence , yet are incorporated into it . One can also expect longer , looser ...
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Understanding the Elements of Literature: Its Forms, Techniques and Cultural Conventions Macmillan International College Editions |
| Author | Richard Taylor |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0333263200, 9780333263204 |
| Length | 234 pages |
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