Disambiguation evidence for The Art of Fiction (essay about his work and theory) via surface form

"The Art of Fiction"


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advocates artistic freedom for the novelist
advocates the novel as a serious art form
advocates use of personal experience in fiction
author Henry James
authorNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
critiques narrow definitions of realism
critiques rigid critical rules for novels
describes fiction as a direct impression of life
describes the novel as a living, flexible form
focusesOn the craft of fiction
focusesOn the novelist’s point of view
focusesOn the relation between form and content in the novel
focusesOn the role of the reader’s experience
genre essay
genre literary criticism
hasPart critique of prescriptive rules for fiction
hasPart discussion of experience as material for fiction
hasPart discussion of form and structure in the novel
hasPart discussion of point of view in fiction
hasPart discussion of the novelist’s freedom
hasReception considered a foundational text in narrative theory
hasReception regarded as a classic statement of James’s narrative theory
hasReception widely studied in literary studies
influenced 20th-century novelists
influenced Anglo-American literary criticism
influenced modern narrative theory
influencedBy European novelistic tradition
influencedBy French realism
instanceOf literary essay
instanceOf work of literary criticism
language English
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature
mainSubject aesthetics of fiction
mainSubject fiction writing
mainSubject the novel
movement literary modernism precursor
movement realism
opposes mechanical plot formulas
opposes rigid moral didacticism in fiction
publicationType periodical essay
relatedWork Henry James’s novels
relatedWork Prefaces to the New York Edition
states that quality of execution is more important than subject matter
states that the novel should represent life as it is
states that the novelist must be free to choose any subject
states that there are no prescriptions for what a novel must be about
theorizes the importance of selection in representation
theorizes the role of consciousness in fiction