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Page 59
There is domination by what Holloway calls the 'moralized consciousness', which
is particularly noticeable in literary criticism, where 'marked moral intensity' is the
cardinal virtue. This consciousness heavily stresses certain private virtues, ...
There is domination by what Holloway calls the 'moralized consciousness', which
is particularly noticeable in literary criticism, where 'marked moral intensity' is the
cardinal virtue. This consciousness heavily stresses certain private virtues, ...
Page 101
They approach the problems of writing fiction with an intense, probing
consciousness, and their solutions are both very modern and very much in the
traditions of American fiction, stressing the fantastic, the fabulous, the allegorical,
and ...
They approach the problems of writing fiction with an intense, probing
consciousness, and their solutions are both very modern and very much in the
traditions of American fiction, stressing the fantastic, the fabulous, the allegorical,
and ...
Page 137
Perhaps one needs to stress that there is a crucial difference between, say, John
Barth's conscious imitation of Defoe in The Sot-Weed Factor, and Snow's
presumably unconscious imitation of Trollope throughout Strangers and Brothers.
Perhaps one needs to stress that there is a crucial difference between, say, John
Barth's conscious imitation of Defoe in The Sot-Weed Factor, and Snow's
presumably unconscious imitation of Trollope throughout Strangers and Brothers.
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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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