{"product_id":"rhetoric-of-literary-communication-1","title":"Rhetoric of Literary Communication","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuilding on the notion of fiction as communicative act, this collection brings together an interdisciplinary range of scholars to examine the evolving relationship between authors and readers in fictional works from 18th-century English novels through to contemporary digital fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book showcases a diverse range of contributions from scholars in stylistics, rhetoric, pragmatics, and literary studies to offer new ways of looking at the \"author–reader channel,\" drawing on work from Roger Sell,\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJean-Jacques Lecercle, and James Phelan. The volume traces the evolution of its form across historical periods, genres, and media, from its origins in the conversational mode of direct address in 18th-century English novels to the use of second-person narratives in the 20th century through to 21st-century digital fiction with its implicit requirement for reader participation. The book engages in questions of how the author–reader channel is shaped by different forms, and how this continues to evolve in emerging contemporary genres and of shifting ethics of author and reader involvement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of particular interest to students and scholars interested in the intersection of pragmatics, stylistics, and literary studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54261410791768,"sku":"9780367555634","price":173.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367555634.jpg?v=1780989351","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/rhetoric-of-literary-communication-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}