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Selling the Story

- Transaction and Narrative Value in Balzac, Dostoevsky, and Zola

About Selling the Story

Every writer is a player in the marketplace for literature. Jonathan Paine locates the economics ingrained within the stories themselves, showing how the business of literature affects even storytelling devices such as genre, plot, and repetition. In this new model of criticism, the text is a record of its author's sales pitch.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674988439
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 336
  • Published:
  • July 31, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 244x165x30 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 634 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: September 17, 2025

Description of Selling the Story

Every writer is a player in the marketplace for literature. Jonathan Paine locates the economics ingrained within the stories themselves, showing how the business of literature affects even storytelling devices such as genre, plot, and repetition. In this new model of criticism, the text is a record of its author's sales pitch.

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