The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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... Robbe - Grillet it is nonsense to talk about man being ' at home in the world ' ; in his novels men and objects exist in complete isolation and mutual indifference . Robbe - Grillet's intention was to revolt against the kind of novel ...
... Robbe - Grillet it is nonsense to talk about man being ' at home in the world ' ; in his novels men and objects exist in complete isolation and mutual indifference . Robbe - Grillet's intention was to revolt against the kind of novel ...
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... Robbe - Grillet's theoretical assertions against the way he actually writes novels . Jealousy is one of his best - known works ; it seems to me a splendid demonstra- tion of Robbe - Grillet's literary power , but a very dubious illustra ...
... Robbe - Grillet's theoretical assertions against the way he actually writes novels . Jealousy is one of his best - known works ; it seems to me a splendid demonstra- tion of Robbe - Grillet's literary power , but a very dubious illustra ...
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... Robbe - Grillet's notion of avoiding anthropomorphic metaphor in any case stops short in an arbitrary fashion , as Moravia has pointed out . Robbe - Grillet objects to the description of the sea as ' smiling ' , while approving such a ...
... Robbe - Grillet's notion of avoiding anthropomorphic metaphor in any case stops short in an arbitrary fashion , as Moravia has pointed out . Robbe - Grillet objects to the description of the sea as ' smiling ' , while approving such a ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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