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Title: A Manual of the Art of Fiction

Author: Clayton Hamilton

Commentator: Brander Matthews

Release Date: October 5, 2009 [EBook #30183]

Language: English

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A MANUAL OF THE ART OF FICTION

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Published by Henry Holt & Company

A Manual of

THE ART OF FICTION

Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges

By

CLAYTON HAMILTON

Member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters;
Extension Lecturer in English, Columbia University

With an Introduction by

BRANDER MATTHEWS

Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters;
Professor of Dramatic Literature, Columbia University

GARDEN CITY--NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1919

Copyright, 1918, by

Doubleday, Page & Company

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian.

TO

FREDERIC TABER COOPER

WITH ADMIRATION FOR THE CRITIC

WITH AFFECTION FOR THE FRIEND

FOREWORD

This MANUAL OF THE ART OF FICTION is a revised and amplified
edition of "Materials and Methods of Fiction," by Clayton
Hamilton, which was first published in 1908. The earlier work was
immediately recognized as an important piece of constructive
criticism and has held its position ever since as one of the
leading books in its field. On the tenth anniversary of its
appearance, the publishers have asked the author to prepare this