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There is a comparable division in absurdist fiction, between the writers of whom
one can posit some kind of relationship to American reality, or reality in general,
and those who are much more concerned with establishing their own individual ...
There is a comparable division in absurdist fiction, between the writers of whom
one can posit some kind of relationship to American reality, or reality in general,
and those who are much more concerned with establishing their own individual ...
Page 92
We find the phrase in John Barth's early novel, The End of the Road, when the
hero, Jacob Horner, is being harangued by a doctor about the nature of reality:
There's no reason in the long run why Italy shouldn't be shaped like a sausage ...
We find the phrase in John Barth's early novel, The End of the Road, when the
hero, Jacob Horner, is being harangued by a doctor about the nature of reality:
There's no reason in the long run why Italy shouldn't be shaped like a sausage ...
Page 93
are still inclined to believe in reality as traditionally conceived, and are less
readily inclined to sympathise with authors whose premise is that such reality no
longer exists, or at least is inaccessible, and that the novelist must produce some
new ...
are still inclined to believe in reality as traditionally conceived, and are less
readily inclined to sympathise with authors whose premise is that such reality no
longer exists, or at least is inaccessible, and that the novelist must produce some
new ...
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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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