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But over a couple of centuries the novel's radical role has been changed into a
moderately conservative one, and the technology with which it is involved,
instead of being revolutionary, has now become slightly old-fashioned. So we
have ...
But over a couple of centuries the novel's radical role has been changed into a
moderately conservative one, and the technology with which it is involved,
instead of being revolutionary, has now become slightly old-fashioned. So we
have ...
Page 68
The experience of acting as a prize judge has recently involved me in reading a
good number of novels by young English writers; they conveyed a general
feeling of flatness and banality in the writing, and a complete unawareness of the
...
The experience of acting as a prize judge has recently involved me in reading a
good number of novels by young English writers; they conveyed a general
feeling of flatness and banality in the writing, and a complete unawareness of the
...
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Invisible Man is about a latter-day Candide, a clever young coloured boy who is
expelled on a pretext from the Southern Negro college where he is a star pupil;
he goes to New York, is involved in a variety of odious jobs, and becomes the ...
Invisible Man is about a latter-day Candide, a clever young coloured boy who is
expelled on a pretext from the Southern Negro college where he is a star pupil;
he goes to New York, is involved in a variety of odious jobs, and becomes the ...
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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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