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Page 90
... Barth , has written : The old realistic novel has always assumed that a readily ascer- tainable thing called reality exists , and that we all live in it ; therefore , it is the only thing to write about . But Barth says that he doesn't ...
... Barth , has written : The old realistic novel has always assumed that a readily ascer- tainable thing called reality exists , and that we all live in it ; therefore , it is the only thing to write about . But Barth says that he doesn't ...
Page 93
... Barth deal with the situation in a different way , not by abandoning the traditional attributes of the novel , but by refus- ing to take them seriously , exaggerating or distorting everything to the point of absurdity or beyond . As ...
... Barth deal with the situation in a different way , not by abandoning the traditional attributes of the novel , but by refus- ing to take them seriously , exaggerating or distorting everything to the point of absurdity or beyond . As ...
Page 94
... Barth's verbal brilliance and skill as a pasticheur , and the narrowness of his emotional range . There is an underlying crudity in the writing which can make Fielding , with whom Robert Scholes rashly compares him , seem infinitely ...
... Barth's verbal brilliance and skill as a pasticheur , and the narrowness of his emotional range . There is an underlying crudity in the writing which can make Fielding , with whom Robert Scholes rashly compares him , seem infinitely ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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