The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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Page 138
... Strangers and Brothers that have so far appeared undoubtedly con- tribute to the contemporary novel as an ongoing sociological acti- vity : what is far from being the case is that they add anything to the power of the novel to grasp and ...
... Strangers and Brothers that have so far appeared undoubtedly con- tribute to the contemporary novel as an ongoing sociological acti- vity : what is far from being the case is that they add anything to the power of the novel to grasp and ...
Page 139
... Strangers and Brothers , although a number of cruder ones do . With the ' camera eye ' mode of narration the narrator has to see and record everything important that happens if he is writing about a small and enclosed world this need ...
... Strangers and Brothers , although a number of cruder ones do . With the ' camera eye ' mode of narration the narrator has to see and record everything important that happens if he is writing about a small and enclosed world this need ...
Page 225
... Strangers and Brothers ( sequence ) , 135-48 ; Strangers and Brothers ( novel ) , 142 , 143 , 144 ; Time of Hope , 139 , 140 , 145 , 146 , 151 ; The Two Cul- tures and the Scientific Revolu- tion , 135 , 147-8 , 149 Sontag , Susan , 16 ...
... Strangers and Brothers ( sequence ) , 135-48 ; Strangers and Brothers ( novel ) , 142 , 143 , 144 ; Time of Hope , 139 , 140 , 145 , 146 , 151 ; The Two Cul- tures and the Scientific Revolu- tion , 135 , 147-8 , 149 Sontag , Susan , 16 ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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