The Situation of the Novel |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 32
Page 44
All else is 'pastoral', where experience is cut down to size, structured and
otherwise interfered with in the interests of some formal irrelevance. Even so
great a novelist as Proust is inevitably limited, by tidying up life and imposing
moral ...
All else is 'pastoral', where experience is cut down to size, structured and
otherwise interfered with in the interests of some formal irrelevance. Even so
great a novelist as Proust is inevitably limited, by tidying up life and imposing
moral ...
Page 153
Nevertheless AngloSaxon Attitudes does offer the relaxed interest provided by a
busily crowded fictional canvas – with part of his mind it seems that Wilson has
always wanted to dépasser The Forsyte Saga – and it shows his fascination with
...
Nevertheless AngloSaxon Attitudes does offer the relaxed interest provided by a
busily crowded fictional canvas – with part of his mind it seems that Wilson has
always wanted to dépasser The Forsyte Saga – and it shows his fascination with
...
Page 201
Walter Allen, though thinking well of the book, concludes that ultimately its main
interest seems to be sociological' (Tradition and Dream, 1964: p. 298). Yet part of
the disturbing achievement of The Golden Notebook is to make the traditional ...
Walter Allen, though thinking well of the book, concludes that ultimately its main
interest seems to be sociological' (Tradition and Dream, 1964: p. 298). Yet part of
the disturbing achievement of The Golden Notebook is to make the traditional ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
preface | 7 |
The Novel No Longer Novel | 11 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achievement admired American appeared attempt attitudes become called century certainly chapter character comic concerned consciousness contemporary course critical cultural deal described discussion early effect Eliot England English established existence experience fact feel fiction given Golden Notebook hand human ideas imagination individual instance interest involved John kind later least less liberal literary literature living looking matter means mind Music narrative narrator nature never Nevertheless novel novelist objects observer offer opening original past perhaps personality Pop Art possible Powell present published question reader reality recent reference reflects regarded relation remains remarked seems seen sense short shows similar situation Snow social society story suggested Sword of Honour things tion traditional true turn values Waugh whole Wilson writing written young
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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |