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Some of that untidiness has undoubtedly incorporated itself into the design of the
present book: I begin with general questions about the present state and possible
future of fiction, and go on to talk about the cultural attitudes implicit in the ...
Some of that untidiness has undoubtedly incorporated itself into the design of the
present book: I begin with general questions about the present state and possible
future of fiction, and go on to talk about the cultural attitudes implicit in the ...
Page 37
In fact, the creators of character, in the traditional sense, can now do nothing
more than present us with puppets in whom they themselves no longer believe.
The novel that contains characters belongs well and truly to the past, it was
peculiar ...
In fact, the creators of character, in the traditional sense, can now do nothing
more than present us with puppets in whom they themselves no longer believe.
The novel that contains characters belongs well and truly to the past, it was
peculiar ...
Page 211
... to discussin the course of this book: It may happen in the next hundred years
that the English novelists of the present day will come to be valued as we now
value the artists and craftsmen of the late eighteenth century. The originators, the
...
... to discussin the course of this book: It may happen in the next hundred years
that the English novelists of the present day will come to be valued as we now
value the artists and craftsmen of the late eighteenth century. The originators, the
...
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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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