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There is a comparable division in absurdist fiction, between the writers of whom
one can posit some kind of relationship to American reality, or reality in general,
and those who are much more concerned with establishing their own individual ...
There is a comparable division in absurdist fiction, between the writers of whom
one can posit some kind of relationship to American reality, or reality in general,
and those who are much more concerned with establishing their own individual ...
Page 141
Again, in The New Men, one can believe that Eliot, as a wartime civil servant, is
actively concerned with an atomic research project, but when we also find that his
brother, Martin, is one of the scientists engaged on the project, so that Eliot has ...
Again, in The New Men, one can believe that Eliot, as a wartime civil servant, is
actively concerned with an atomic research project, but when we also find that his
brother, Martin, is one of the scientists engaged on the project, so that Eliot has ...
Page 146
That is to say, two or three novels may cover the same period of time, and in each
of them Eliot will be concerned with a different set of events. Thus, by cross-
referring between The Light and the Dark, The New Men and Homecomings, one
...
That is to say, two or three novels may cover the same period of time, and in each
of them Eliot will be concerned with a different set of events. Thus, by cross-
referring between The Light and the Dark, The New Men and Homecomings, one
...
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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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