An Introduction to Fiction
By X.J. Kennedy
1983
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Intended as a textbook for classes in fiction or creative writing, this edition of a popular resource contains 56 fictional pieces, both classic and contemporary, almost all of them short stories, with biocritical and other commentary and discission questions; short selections of critical commentary on fiction from ten important 19th and 20th-century writers; and a substantial supplement on academic writing about literature, which makes reference to the 1995 MLA guidelines, and presents short critical pieces from important critics that illustrate nine different approaches to fiction criticism that are popular in today's academe. Indexes of authors, titles, and terms are provided. Editors Kennedy and Gioia teach at Wesleyan Univ.
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