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Percy Lubbock
Percy Lubbock (1879–1965) was a British literary critic and writer, best known for his influential book "The Craft of Fiction" (1921). In this work, Lubbock analyzed narrative techniques in novels and offered a detailed discussion on the role of the author in shaping a reader's experience. His emphasis on point of view and the structure of narrative significantly influenced modern literary criticism. Lubbock was also a novelist and a member of the Bloomsbury Group, contributing to the intellectual discourse of his time.
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SIR THOMAS MALORY 15th century DEATH OF SIR GAWAINE And so, as Sir Mordred was at Dover with his host, there came King Arthur with a great navy of ships, galleys, and carracks. And there was Sir Mordred ready waiting upon his landing, to let his own father to land upon the land that he was king of. Then was there launching of great boats and small, and all were full of noble men of arms; and there was...
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THE CRAFT OF FICTION To grasp the shadowy and fantasmal form of a book, to hold it fast, to turn it over and survey it at leisure—that is the effort of a critic of books, and it is perpetually defeated. Nothing, no power, will keep a book steady and motionless before us, so that we may have time to examine its shape and design. As quickly as we read, it melts and shifts in the memory; even at the...
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