Reading the Graphic Surface: The Presence of the Book in Prose Fiction

by Glyn White

Book Overview

This book critically engages with the visual appearance of prose fiction where it is manipulated by authors, from alterations in typography to the deconstruction of the physical form of the book. It reappraises the range of effects it is possible to create through the use of graphic devices and explores why literary criticism has dismissed such features as either unreadable experimental gimmicks or, more recently, as examples of the worst kind...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719069696
• ISBN13: 9780719069697
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"