The situation of the novel

Bernard Bergonzi

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Macmillan, 1970 - Literary Criticism - 225 pages

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Crazy uneven: the introductory chapters are great. Bergonzi was clearly at his best making general arguments, and the contrasts he draws between American and English literature are interesting. But in ...

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Character and Liberalism	35

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Title	The situation of the novel Documentary History of Western civilisation
Author	Bernard Bergonzi
Edition	reprint
Publisher	Macmillan, 1970
Length	225 pages
Subjects	Literary Criticism › American › General Literary Criticism / American / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

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