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Title: Materials and Methods of Fiction
With an Introduction by Brander Matthews

Author: Clayton Hamilton

Commentator: Brander Matthews

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MATERIALS AND
METHODS OF FICTION

BY

CLAYTON HAMILTON

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
BRANDER MATTHEWS

THE CHAUTAUQUA PRESS
CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK

1911

_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

III THE 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