This book acknowledges that the reader of a novel looks at and sees the page before they begin to read any text placed upon it. Thus, any disruptions to how a traditional page 'should look' can have a large impact on the reading process. The book critically engages with the visual appearance of graphically innovative contemporary prose fiction.

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Dr Simon Barton is an Associate Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Salford, UK, where he teaches on Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature modules. He specializes in Modern and Contemporary Literature, with a focus on the experimental and avant-garde.

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List of Figures
Acknowledgements
1: An Introduction to Visual Devices in Contemporary Prose Fiction
2: Reading Textual Gaps
3: Textual Gestures: Iconic Text and Narrative
4: Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative: Images in Prose Fiction
5: Case Study 1: Raymond Federman's (1992)
6: Case Study 2: William H. Gass's (1968)
7: Conclusions
Bibliography
Index