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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 ...
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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 |
The Novel No Longer Novel | 11 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
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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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