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... the novel became involved with the values of the Gutenberg era ; as a cultural artifact it was characterised by ... technology with which it is involved , instead of being revolutionary , has now become slightly old - fashioned .
... the novel became involved with the values of the Gutenberg era ; as a cultural artifact it was characterised by ... technology with which it is involved , instead of being revolutionary , has now become slightly old - fashioned .
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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 ...
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 ...
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Situation of the Novel |
| Author | Bernard Bergonzi |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1970 |
| ISBN | 0822932148, 9780822932147 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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