Materials and Methods of Fiction

Hamilton, Clayton

Verlag: The Baker and Taylor Company, 1908

Beschreibung

MATERIALS AND METHODS OF FICTION by Clayton Hamilton, with an introduction by Brander Matthews XX Book Condition: Poor. The text block is in fair condition, with many penciled marks and refolded dog-ears, but no tears. Pages are age-tanned, and some are loose since the binding is pulling apart. Endpapers are age-tanned and stained. Not a remainder or library book. No bookplate, but the inscription of previous owner is inside the front cover. The reddish-brown boards and spine are in poor condition (shelf rubbed, scuffed, discolored, stained, and bumped). 7 ½ x 5, 228 pages, 20 ounces. Please note that because this book weighs over one-pound, additional postage will be necessary for any shipments outside the US. Please contact me before buying if you do not live in the US. XX Contents: purpose of fiction, realism and romance, nature of narrative, plot, characters, setting, point of view in narrative, emphasis in narrative, the epic, the drama, the novel, the novelette, the short story, structure of the short story, the factor of style. XX [Wikipedia] Clayton Meeker Hamilton (November 14, 1881 ? September 17, 1946) was an American drama critic. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Hamilton was the son of George Alexander Hamilton and Susie Ameila Corey Hamilton. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1900 and from Columbia University (M. A.) in 1901. He was extension lecturer on the drama at Columbia University after 1903, and lectured in other connections. He served as dramatic critic and associate editor of the Forum in 1907-09, and as dramatic editor of the Bookman after 1910, of Everybody's Magazine after 1911, and of Vogue after 1912. He was elected a member of The National Institute of Arts and Letters. He edited Stevenson's Treasure Island for "Longman's English Classics" in 1910; contributed to the New International Encyclopedia and is author of Love That Blinds (1906), with Grace Isabel Colbron; Materials and Methods of Fiction (1908); The Theory of the Theatre (1910); The Stranger at the Inn (1913); Studies in Stagecraft (1914); and, with A. E. Thomas, a play, The Big Idea (1914). In 1945, Hamilton was the host and narrator on Brownstone Theater, a dramatic anthology radio series on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Hamilton died of a heart attack in New York on September 17, 1946. XX James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 ? March 31, 1929) was an American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. His interests ranged from Shakespeare, Molière, and Ibsen to French boulevard comedies, folk theater, and the new realism of his own day.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Materials and Methods of Fiction
• Verlag: The Baker and Taylor Company
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1908
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Poor
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Gewicht: 20 Unzen
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Writing
  • Fiction