Dialogue Av Peter Womack

<P>Dialogue is a many-sided critical concept; at once an ancient philosophical genre, a formal component of fiction and drama, a model for the relationship of writer and reader, and a theoretical key to the nature of language. In all its forms, it questions ¿literature¿, disturbing the singleness and fixity of the written text with the fluid interactivity of conversation.</P><P>In this clear and concise guide to the multiple significance of the term, Peter Womack:</P><UL><UL><P></P></UL><LI>outlines the history of dialogue form, looking at Platonic, Renaissance, Enlightenment and Modern examples </LI><LI>illustrates the play of dialogue in the many ¿voices¿ of the novel, and considers how dialogue works on the stage</LI><LI>interprets the influential dialogic theories of Mikhail Bakhtin</LI><LI>examines the idea that literary study itself consists of a ¿dialogue¿ with the past</LI><LI>presents a useful glossary and further reading section.</LI></UL><P>Practical and thought-provoking, t