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Page 28
An expectation of sequaciousness and inevitable forward movement is set up in
the reader that does not occur in the same way when we are watching a film.
Poetry, too, as a fundamentally spoken form, can easily escape from the confines
of ...
An expectation of sequaciousness and inevitable forward movement is set up in
the reader that does not occur in the same way when we are watching a film.
Poetry, too, as a fundamentally spoken form, can easily escape from the confines
of ...
Page 126
... he sees as supremely – and perhaps uniquely — achieved in Tolstoy, has
written interestingly about the narrative methods of Waugh and Powell: Few
novelists evade some sort of concealment and composition with the reader when
they ...
... he sees as supremely – and perhaps uniquely — achieved in Tolstoy, has
written interestingly about the narrative methods of Waugh and Powell: Few
novelists evade some sort of concealment and composition with the reader when
they ...
Page 215
Although the writer may aim at a direct rendering of reality, and the reader may
believe that this is what he is receiving, such directness is likely to be illusory.
Distortion will occur, not just from the author's temperament, which can be
recognised ...
Although the writer may aim at a direct rendering of reality, and the reader may
believe that this is what he is receiving, such directness is likely to be illusory.
Distortion will occur, not just from the author's temperament, which can be
recognised ...
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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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