Authors: John Gardner, John C. Gardner, John C. Gardner
ISBN-13: 9780465052264, ISBN-10: 0465052266
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: October 1979
Edition: (Non-applicable)
John Gardner (19331982) was a bestselling novelist and one of the most popular and respected writing teachers of his generation. His books On Moral Fiction, The Art of Fiction, and On Becoming a Novelist are consulted by thousands of aspiring writers every year. His novels include the classic Grendel and the bestsellers October Light, The Sunlight Dialogues, and Nickel Mountain.
A genuine classic of literary criticism, On Moral Fiction argues that "true art is by its nature moral."