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( The above example is , by the way , wholly invented ; my apologies if it
inadvertently reproduces what someone has already written , or is thinking of
writing . ) American first novels do at least show signs of trying hard , of energy
and invention .
( The above example is , by the way , wholly invented ; my apologies if it
inadvertently reproduces what someone has already written , or is thinking of
writing . ) American first novels do at least show signs of trying hard , of energy
and invention .
Page 183
His adventures are often funny , or at least his way of describing them is :
whereas Amis and Wilson keep comedy and horror on separate planes in their
fiction , Burgess , like Waugh , often fuses them . In some respects Alex is not at
all a ...
His adventures are often funny , or at least his way of describing them is :
whereas Amis and Wilson keep comedy and horror on separate planes in their
fiction , Burgess , like Waugh , often fuses them . In some respects Alex is not at
all a ...
Page 214
Short Story The short story is a paradoxical form in that it is both common and
neglected : one or two specimens , at least , are to be found in any self -
respecting intellectual quarterly or glossy monthly , yet no one seems very
interested in the ...
Short Story The short story is a paradoxical form in that it is both common and
neglected : one or two specimens , at least , are to be found in any self -
respecting intellectual quarterly or glossy monthly , yet no one seems very
interested in the ...
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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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