1. The Literary Interview as Public Performance.
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Rodden, John
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INTERVIEWING , *ART genres , *ADVERTISERS , *STORYTELLERS , *LINGUISTIC typology , *CONVERSATION - Abstract
The interview is a genre 'coming of age,' maturing into a serious art form. This essay presents a typology for understanding this growth and how diverse patterns of literary performance have contributed to it. Five types of interviewees are discussed at length: traditionalist, raconteur, advertiser, provocateur, and prevaricator. Some speculations about national and cultural types of interviewees are also broached. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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