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It is something less than heaven To be quoted Thesis 1.7 Every time I make an
advance; If the world is all that the case is That's a pretty discouraging basis On
which to pursue Any sort of romance. I've got a proposition for you; Logical,
positive ...
It is something less than heaven To be quoted Thesis 1.7 Every time I make an
advance; If the world is all that the case is That's a pretty discouraging basis On
which to pursue Any sort of romance. I've got a proposition for you; Logical,
positive ...
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other figures who embody it, though in a less intense form, like Erridge, or, to give
him his full title, Lord (Alf') Warminster, and the tough left-wing literary critic J. G.
Quiggin, although in the later volumes Quiggin's powers seem to be declining.
other figures who embody it, though in a less intense form, like Erridge, or, to give
him his full title, Lord (Alf') Warminster, and the tough left-wing literary critic J. G.
Quiggin, although in the later volumes Quiggin's powers seem to be declining.
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It is a less tightly organised and gripping book, yet it is, on the other hand, more
inventive. It describes a future England where urban sprawl has gone so far that
Greater London extends to Lowestoft and Birmingham, and in the South to ...
It is a less tightly organised and gripping book, yet it is, on the other hand, more
inventive. It describes a future England where urban sprawl has gone so far that
Greater London extends to Lowestoft and Birmingham, and in the South to ...
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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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