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(C. B. Cox and A. R. Jones, in Critical Quarterly, Summer 1964) In the final
chapter of The Characters of Love John Bayley makes a fruitful distinction
between the literature of Nature and that of the Human Condition. The former is,
perhaps, ...
(C. B. Cox and A. R. Jones, in Critical Quarterly, Summer 1964) In the final
chapter of The Characters of Love John Bayley makes a fruitful distinction
between the literature of Nature and that of the Human Condition. The former is,
perhaps, ...
Page 64
Indeed, the complex kinds of traditional authority that Nature implies were
specifically disowned by the American idea and left out of the American dream.
For America, Nature had to become the Human Condition. (p. 270.) As Bayley
admits ...
Indeed, the complex kinds of traditional authority that Nature implies were
specifically disowned by the American idea and left out of the American dream.
For America, Nature had to become the Human Condition. (p. 270.) As Bayley
admits ...
Page 78
With the demise of the unquestioned idea of Nature, English literature, too, is
becoming consciously concerned with the Human Condition and with
establishing the categories of identity, even though in a characteristically English
form.
With the demise of the unquestioned idea of Nature, English literature, too, is
becoming consciously concerned with the Human Condition and with
establishing the categories of identity, even though in a characteristically English
form.
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Contents
preface | 7 |
The Novel No Longer Novel | 11 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
Copyright | |
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| 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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