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One publisher, T. G. Rosenthal, has remarked, 'surely fiction publishing is the
only form of cultural life where intelligent and serious-minded men and women
make available to the public bad works of art, knowing them to be bad and
knowing ...
One publisher, T. G. Rosenthal, has remarked, 'surely fiction publishing is the
only form of cultural life where intelligent and serious-minded men and women
make available to the public bad works of art, knowing them to be bad and
knowing ...
Page 31
In short — and this is what I hope to show — a multiplicity of styles in each of the
arts, coexisting in a balanced, yet competitive, cultural environment is producing
a fluctuating stasis in contemporary culture. (1967: p. 102) I am not certain that I ...
In short — and this is what I hope to show — a multiplicity of styles in each of the
arts, coexisting in a balanced, yet competitive, cultural environment is producing
a fluctuating stasis in contemporary culture. (1967: p. 102) I am not certain that I ...
Page 32
Marxism has no time for the pluralism and relativism implicit in Meyer's view of
cultural activity, and it demands a wholly linear and teleological – not to say
eschatological — reading of history, in a way which is rooted in Western
traditions.
Marxism has no time for the pluralism and relativism implicit in Meyer's view of
cultural activity, and it demands a wholly linear and teleological – not to say
eschatological — reading of history, in a way which is rooted in Western
traditions.
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Contents
preface | 7 |
The Novel No Longer Novel | 11 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
Copyright | |
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| 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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