The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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... nevertheless in essence a private , individual and silent experience . And from Swift onwards novelists have emphasised the close ties between the novel form and its printed vehicle by the intermittent use of typographical devices ...
... nevertheless in essence a private , individual and silent experience . And from Swift onwards novelists have emphasised the close ties between the novel form and its printed vehicle by the intermittent use of typographical devices ...
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... nevertheless its badness is , as it were , the product of conscious effort and has something tangible about it , in contrast to the prevalent English non - style . One would be glad , now and then , of an English first novel that opened ...
... nevertheless its badness is , as it were , the product of conscious effort and has something tangible about it , in contrast to the prevalent English non - style . One would be glad , now and then , of an English first novel that opened ...
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... nevertheless I have read enough to convince me that there is an astonishing imbalance between Barth's verbal brilliance and skill as a pasticheur , and the narrowness of his emotional range . There is an underlying crudity in the ...
... nevertheless I have read enough to convince me that there is an astonishing imbalance between Barth's verbal brilliance and skill as a pasticheur , and the narrowness of his emotional range . There is an underlying crudity in the ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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