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And to have a character was important too; and the more it became a weapon for
hand-to-hand fighting, the hope of achieving success, the exercise of one's
ascendency, the more important it was. It was something, to have a face, in a ...
And to have a character was important too; and the more it became a weapon for
hand-to-hand fighting, the hope of achieving success, the exercise of one's
ascendency, the more important it was. It was something, to have a face, in a ...
Page 42
If Rastignac's farewell characterises the French novel, then a comparable
epiphany from English fiction would be that tender moment in Middlemarch when
Mrs Bulstrode takes her husband's hand in a gesture of affection and support,
after his ...
If Rastignac's farewell characterises the French novel, then a comparable
epiphany from English fiction would be that tender moment in Middlemarch when
Mrs Bulstrode takes her husband's hand in a gesture of affection and support,
after his ...
Page 221
... 40–I, 93, 199, 206–7; Murphy, 40; Molloy, 40; The Unnameable, 206-7 Bellow,
Saul, 56, IoI-3, 136; Herzog, 56, Io2-3, 136 Bennett, Arnold, 22, 162, 163; Thé
Card, 162; Hilda Lessways, 22 Bingham, Sallie, The Touching Hand, 214-18
Blatty, ...
... 40–I, 93, 199, 206–7; Murphy, 40; Molloy, 40; The Unnameable, 206-7 Bellow,
Saul, 56, IoI-3, 136; Herzog, 56, Io2-3, 136 Bennett, Arnold, 22, 162, 163; Thé
Card, 162; Hilda Lessways, 22 Bingham, Sallie, The Touching Hand, 214-18
Blatty, ...
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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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