The Situation of the Novel |
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... novel , which had been the staple of the Victorian fiction market , was killed off almost overnight when the circulating libraries suddenly ceased to purchase it . ) There is little that the prospective novelist ... NOVEL NO LONGER NOVEL 13.
... novel , which had been the staple of the Victorian fiction market , was killed off almost overnight when the circulating libraries suddenly ceased to purchase it . ) There is little that the prospective novelist ... NOVEL NO LONGER NOVEL 13.
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... novel as a form of printed litera- ture is not , in fact , likely to be realized in the near future ) . What is happening , I would like to suggest , is that the novel , while con- tinuing to be a popular ... NOVEL NO LONGER NOVEL 15.
... novel as a form of printed litera- ture is not , in fact , likely to be realized in the near future ) . What is happening , I would like to suggest , is that the novel , while con- tinuing to be a popular ... NOVEL NO LONGER NOVEL 15.
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... novel had been fully exploited . In the last few decades , the novel has , I think , abandoned freedom for genre , in various important but unremarked ways . It is true that the novel has never been quite so free and uncon- ditioned as ...
... novel had been fully exploited . In the last few decades , the novel has , I think , abandoned freedom for genre , in various important but unremarked ways . It is true that the novel has never been quite so free and uncon- ditioned as ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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