The Art of Fiction

The Art of Fiction Questions and Answers

Please explain for me what you think James meant when he wrote the following in "The Art of Fiction": "A novel is a living thing, all one and continuous, like any other organism, and in proportion as it lives will it be found, that in each of the parts there is something of each of the other parts" (919). 

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Who is a true artist according to Henry James in “The Art of Fiction”?

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In “The Art of Fiction,” what does James believe should be the relationship between the theory and practice of literature?

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How does Henry James's essay, "The Art of Fiction" relate to the nineteenth-century debates about the nature and function of fiction? Please relate this argument to Middlemarch by George Eliot.

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R.L. Stevenson enters the debate on the Art of Fiction with his essay entitled 'A Humble Remonstrance.' How did his contribution relate to the nature and function of Fiction?

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How does Henry James influence Flannery O'Connor?

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