An edition of Fictions at work (1995)

Fictions at work

language and social practice in fiction

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An edition of Fictions at work (1995)

Fictions at work

language and social practice in fiction

In this book, Mary Talbot shows how fiction works in the constitution and reproduction of social life. She does not reduce fiction to a functional support for ideology, however, but considers that the greatest interest in fiction is as a source of pleasure. She discusses both 'high' and 'low' fiction, combining discussion of social context with language analysis.

Taking a view of fiction as a product of social practices, the book examines not only the texts themselves but also what people do with them and how they are valued. Fictions at work will be of interest to students on a variety of courses including linguistics, English, women's studies, cultural studies, and media and communication studies.

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Publisher
Longman
Language
English
Pages
216

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Fictions at Work: Language and Social Practice in Fiction
2017, Taylor & Francis Group
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Cover of: Fictions at work
Fictions at work: language and social practice in fiction
1995, Longman
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-211) and index.

Published in
London, New York
Series
Language in social life series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
809.3
Library of Congress
PN3355 .T35 1995, PN3355.T35 1995, PN3355 .T35 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 216 p. :
Number of pages
216

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1081710M
Internet Archive
fictionsatworkla0000talb
ISBN 10
0582085225, 0582085233
LCCN
94005273
OCLC/WorldCat
891447298, 30895661
Library Thing
3447732
Goodreads
2807872

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