INTRODUCTION
I
II
III
MATERIALS AND METHODS OF FICTION
CHAPTER I
THE PURPOSE OF FICTION
CHAPTER II
REALISM AND ROMANCE
CHAPTER III
THE NATURE OF NARRATIVE
CHAPTER IV
PLOT
CHAPTER V
CHARACTERS
CHAPTER VI
SETTING
CHAPTER VII
THE POINT OF VIEW IN NARRATIVE
CHAPTER VIII
EMPHASIS IN NARRATIVE
CHAPTER IX
THE EPIC, THE DRAMA, AND THE NOVEL
CHAPTER X
THE NOVEL, THE NOVELETTE, AND THE SHORT-STORY
CHAPTER XI
THE STRUCTURE OF THE SHORT-STORY
CHAPTER XII
THE FACTOR OF STYLE
INDEX
