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Page 7
The title of this book is more ponderous than I like ; yet to refer to the ' situation ' of
the novel , rather than its ' state ' or ' condition ' , seemed the best way of
suggesting my intentions . In recent years I have read a good many books –
some ...
The title of this book is more ponderous than I like ; yet to refer to the ' situation ' of
the novel , rather than its ' state ' or ' condition ' , seemed the best way of
suggesting my intentions . In recent years I have read a good many books –
some ...
Page 10
But just as there was a moment in political history at which the difficulties of action
became so great that they could not be directly overcome without reflecting on
the situation itself , and just as man was forced to learn more and more to act ,
first ...
But just as there was a moment in political history at which the difficulties of action
became so great that they could not be directly overcome without reflecting on
the situation itself , and just as man was forced to learn more and more to act ,
first ...
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Yet both Waugh and Mailer were masters of language , writing at the peak of their
careers : with the best will in the world one cannot conclude that such ways of
developing the possibilities of the novel beyond its present situation are
generally ...
Yet both Waugh and Mailer were masters of language , writing at the peak of their
careers : with the best will in the world one cannot conclude that such ways of
developing the possibilities of the novel beyond its present situation are
generally ...
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Novel No Longer Novel | 11 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Situation of the Novel Critical essays in modern literature, ISSN 0070-153X |
| Author | Bernard Bergonzi |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971 |
| ISBN | 0822932148, 9780822932147 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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