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Page 48
But the characters of her own fiction are opaque in ways that suggest primarily
the limitations of their creator. Although Miss Murdoch has some striking literary
gifts, she is largely lacking in the essential novelistic ones — in her own
formulation ...
But the characters of her own fiction are opaque in ways that suggest primarily
the limitations of their creator. Although Miss Murdoch has some striking literary
gifts, she is largely lacking in the essential novelistic ones — in her own
formulation ...
Page 61
suggests, and will have to be abandoned in the interests of survival. Certainly the
English have been remarkably fortunate in their history — whatever their current
humiliations and collective neuroses —in so far as they have been spared mass
...
suggests, and will have to be abandoned in the interests of survival. Certainly the
English have been remarkably fortunate in their history — whatever their current
humiliations and collective neuroses —in so far as they have been spared mass
...
Page 159
... an evasion of human responsibility; but in Late Call Sylvia's response seems to
suggest that it might be a touchstone ... absence of nostalgia in a modern writer is
suspect, suggesting complacent fellowship with the main commercial group, ...
... an evasion of human responsibility; but in Late Call Sylvia's response seems to
suggest that it might be a touchstone ... absence of nostalgia in a modern writer is
suspect, suggesting complacent fellowship with the main commercial group, ...
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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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