This Companion provides an introduction to the craft of prose. It considers the technical aspects of style that contribute to the art of prose, examining the constituent parts of prose through a widening lens, from the smallest details of punctuation and wording to style more broadly conceived. The book is concerned not only with prose fiction but with creative non-fiction, a growing area of interest for readers and aspiring writers. Written by internationally-renowned critics, novelists and biographers, the essays provide readers and writers with ways of understanding the workings of prose. They are exemplary of good critical practice, pleasurable reading for their own sake, and both informative and inspirational for practising writers. The Cambridge Companion to Prose will serve as a key resource for students of English literature and of creative writing.

This book focuses on the techniques of good prose writing, suitable for students of English literature and of creative writing.

About the Author
Daniel Tyler is Fellow and Director of Studies in English at Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge. He is the editor of three essay collections: Dickens's Style (2013), Poetry in the Making (2020), and On Style in Victorian Fiction (forthcoming, 2020). He previously edited Dickens's The Uncommercial Traveller (2015) and is now editing Bleak House for the Oxford Dickens.

Reviews
'... this volume proves that prose is as fascinating an art form as poetry.' Karl van Heijster, De Leesclub van Alles



Book Information
ISBN 9781108940580
Author Daniel Tyler
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 400g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 16mm