Materials and Methods of Fiction / With an Introduction by Brander Matthews

by Clayton Meeker Hamilton

Copyright, 1908, by

The Baker and Taylor Company

Published, May, 1908

TO

FREDERIC TABER COOPER

WITH ADMIRATION FOR THE CRITIC

WITH AFFECTION FOR THE FRIEND

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Introduction	[ix]
I	The Purpose of Fiction	[1]
II	Realism and Romance	[23]
II	IThe Nature of Narrative	[42]
IV	Plot	[58]
V	Characters	[75]
VI	Setting	[97]
VII	The Point of View in Narrative	[117]
VIII	Emphasis in Narrative	[136]
IX	The Epic, the Drama, and the Novel	[153]
X	The Novel, the Novelette, and the Short-story	[168]
XI	The Structure of the Short-story	[184]
XII	The Factor of Style	[201]
	Index	[221]