Fictions at work
Subtitle: language and social practice in fiction
By: Mary M. Talbot.
Series: Language in social life series
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Fiction -- Technique.; Fiction -- History and criticism.
Description: In this book, Mary Talbot shows how fiction works in the constitution and reproduction of social life. She does not reduce fiction to a functional support for ideology, however, but considers that the greatest interest in fiction is as a source of pleasure. She discusses both 'high' and 'low' fiction, combining discussion of social context with language analysis.

Taking a view of fiction as a product of social practices, the book examines not only the texts themselves but also what people do with them and how they are valued. Fictions at work will be of interest to students on a variety of courses including linguistics, English, women's studies, cultural studies, and media and communication studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-211) and index.