The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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Page 37
... society . If it does manage it , on the other hand , a new path will be open to it , with the promise of new discoveries . ( Snapshots and Towards a New Novel , pp . 60-1 ) Robbe - Grillet's aim seems to be to make the novel a fit ...
... society . If it does manage it , on the other hand , a new path will be open to it , with the promise of new discoveries . ( Snapshots and Towards a New Novel , pp . 60-1 ) Robbe - Grillet's aim seems to be to make the novel a fit ...
Page 62
... society in love with the gun , like America . It may be in bad taste to stress this point , but it is apt to come into one's mind when defending English culture against American attacks on its general boringness and deadness . Not long ...
... society in love with the gun , like America . It may be in bad taste to stress this point , but it is apt to come into one's mind when defending English culture against American attacks on its general boringness and deadness . Not long ...
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... society whose members are unable to examine their pretensions to be what they are . It is the society of The Death of Ivan Ilyich . Another kind of narrative evasion , effective and adroit but none the less serving also to equivocate ...
... society whose members are unable to examine their pretensions to be what they are . It is the society of The Death of Ivan Ilyich . Another kind of narrative evasion , effective and adroit but none the less serving also to equivocate ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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