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Page 45
The problem of the distance between words and the reality they are supposed to
stand for remains as stark as when Wittgenstein wrote the Tractatus Logico-
Philosophicus (whatever direction his subsequent thought may have taken), and
it is ...
The problem of the distance between words and the reality they are supposed to
stand for remains as stark as when Wittgenstein wrote the Tractatus Logico-
Philosophicus (whatever direction his subsequent thought may have taken), and
it is ...
Page 136
... continental novelists who assert that the changed nature of our sense of reality
in the twentieth century has made the traditional novel of character, narrative and
action no longer viable; and Snow's assertion that it remains perennially valid.
... continental novelists who assert that the changed nature of our sense of reality
in the twentieth century has made the traditional novel of character, narrative and
action no longer viable; and Snow's assertion that it remains perennially valid.
Page 209
After we have read “The New Satyricon' Charles's personality remains as
enigmatic as ever, and the precise nature of his significance in Mitchell's life still
eludes us. Nevertheless, as a kind of satirical vaudeville, incorporating a series of
...
After we have read “The New Satyricon' Charles's personality remains as
enigmatic as ever, and the precise nature of his significance in Mitchell's life still
eludes us. Nevertheless, as a kind of satirical vaudeville, incorporating a series of
...
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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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