The Framework of Fiction: Socio-cultural Approaches to the Novel'...offers thoughtful summaries and critiques of both Marxist...and moralist...theories of the novel in society. The primary focus, however, is on a detailed study of the social context of the novel and the changing relationship between novelists and their readers...' |
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Page 198
... Bond novels share the characteristics of both types of paperback . The Pan editions were reprints of hardback novels in the first instance . However , their success in paper- back can largely be put down to their exploitation of a ...
... Bond novels share the characteristics of both types of paperback . The Pan editions were reprints of hardback novels in the first instance . However , their success in paper- back can largely be put down to their exploitation of a ...
Page 211
... Bond stories were usually serialised after publication ; pandering to it meant that Fleming had to reverse the status of America and Britain in the persons of Bond and the CIA man Leiter , who features in the novels as Bond's brave but ...
... Bond stories were usually serialised after publication ; pandering to it meant that Fleming had to reverse the status of America and Britain in the persons of Bond and the CIA man Leiter , who features in the novels as Bond's brave but ...
Page 215
... Bond film in 1961 ( they rose from 300,000 in 1960 to 670,000 in 1961 , one ... novels . ' ( ibid . p . 12 ) This is supported by a comment of Fleming ... Bond ... but it would be if I wrote the books over again . ' Bennett identifies two ...
... Bond film in 1961 ( they rose from 300,000 in 1960 to 670,000 in 1961 , one ... novels . ' ( ibid . p . 12 ) This is supported by a comment of Fleming ... Bond ... but it would be if I wrote the books over again . ' Bennett identifies two ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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The Framework of Fiction: Socio-cultural Approaches to the Novel John Bull No preview available - 1988 |
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