Peter Womack is Professor of Literature and Drama at the University of East Anglia.

• Acknowledgements and Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Genre Platonic dialogue Renaissance dialogue Enlightenment Dialogue Modern dialogue 2. Dialogue in the Novel Inverted commas Dialogic language Dialogue into novel The dialogue of languages The ideology of dialogue 3. Dialogue in Drama Bakhtin on drama Pure drama Dialogue as illusion Dialogue as action Impurities of the theatre Epic theatre 4. Dialogue in Literary Studies The Go-Between Understanding as dialogue Tradition and the individual talent The lives of others Getting into conversation Further Reading Glossary Bibliography Index

Peter Womack is Professor of Literature and Drama at the University of East Anglia.

• Acknowledgements and Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Genre Platonic dialogue Renaissance dialogue Enlightenment Dialogue Modern dialogue 2. Dialogue in the Novel Inverted commas Dialogic language Dialogue into novel The dialogue of languages The ideology of dialogue 3. Dialogue in Drama Bakhtin on drama Pure drama Dialogue as illusion Dialogue as action Impurities of the theatre Epic theatre 4. Dialogue in Literary Studies The Go-Between Understanding as dialogue Tradition and the individual talent The lives of others Getting into conversation Further Reading Glossary Bibliography Index

Peter Womack is Professor of Literature and Drama at the University of East Anglia.

• Acknowledgements and Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Genre Platonic dialogue Renaissance dialogue Enlightenment Dialogue Modern dialogue 2. Dialogue in the Novel Inverted commas Dialogic language Dialogue into novel The dialogue of languages The ideology of dialogue 3. Dialogue in Drama Bakhtin on drama Pure drama Dialogue as illusion Dialogue as action Impurities of the theatre Epic theatre 4. Dialogue in Literary Studies The Go-Between Understanding as dialogue Tradition and the individual talent The lives of others Getting into conversation Further Reading Glossary Bibliography Index