Hartveit, Lars - The Art of Persuasion: A Study of Six Novels

Bergen / Oslo, Universitetsforlaget, (1977). orig.wrappers. 22x15cm, 152 pp. ISBN: 8200016684. Corner bumped, minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: Samuel Richardson 'Pamela I': The Impact of Moral Exemplum: The Dilemma of the Didactic Writer; Open Sesame: The Persuasive Function of Pattern in George Eliot's 'Silas Marner'; Thomas Hardy,'The Mayor of Casterbridge': The Persuasive Function of Character; E.M. Forster,'A Passage to India': Accent & Design; Graham Greene, 'Brighton Rock': The Impetus of Authorial Belief: The Novelist as Persuader; Anthony Burgess: ' A Clockwork Orange': Impact & Form: The Limits of Persuasion; Conclusion.