Introduction / Daniel Tyler --

Part I. Parts of prose. Punctuation / Bharat Tandon ; Words / Garrett Stewart ; Sentences / Daniel Tyler ; Paragraphs / Jenny Davidson ; Chapters / James Williams ; Perspective / Ruth Bernard Yeazell ; Style / Michael D. Hurley --

Part II. Prose Genres. Realist Prose / James Wood ; Comic Prose / Jonathan Greenberg and David Gale ; Gothic Prose / Alison Milbank ; Science Fiction / Adam Roberts ; Travel Writing / Roslyn Jolly ; Nature Writing / Richard Kerridge ; Life Writing / Jay Parini.