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Nevertheless the book is perhaps the most useful of all human inventions, and
although it may have lost the supremacy it enjoyed during the Gutenberg era, its
sheer convenience is likely to ensure it a prominent place in the electronic age.
Nevertheless the book is perhaps the most useful of all human inventions, and
although it may have lost the supremacy it enjoyed during the Gutenberg era, its
sheer convenience is likely to ensure it a prominent place in the electronic age.
Page 94
it is the only novel I discuss in this book that I have not read to the end of;
nevertheless I have read enough to convince me that there is an astonishing
imbalance between Barth's verbal brilliance and skill as a pasticheur, and the
narrowness ...
it is the only novel I discuss in this book that I have not read to the end of;
nevertheless I have read enough to convince me that there is an astonishing
imbalance between Barth's verbal brilliance and skill as a pasticheur, and the
narrowness ...
Page 106
Nevertheless the impact of this book is quite different from that of its two
predecessors. The farce is very evident and is cruel as ever, in a Bergsonian way
. But it co-exists with an intense pathos that would be tragic if the characters
involved had ...
Nevertheless the impact of this book is quite different from that of its two
predecessors. The farce is very evident and is cruel as ever, in a Bergsonian way
. But it co-exists with an intense pathos that would be tragic if the characters
involved had ...
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Contents
preface | 7 |
The Novel No Longer Novel | 11 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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