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Page 111
It is, on the whole, questionable whether the novel has gained very much from
the revision. But Waugh's preface does revealingly suggest that we are to read
Brideshead Revisited 'as a souvenir of the Second War rather than of the
twenties or ...
It is, on the whole, questionable whether the novel has gained very much from
the revision. But Waugh's preface does revealingly suggest that we are to read
Brideshead Revisited 'as a souvenir of the Second War rather than of the
twenties or ...
Page 138
One may legitimately doubt how far this intention is enacted in Strangers and
Brothers; yet Snow's statement does show that he regards the whole sequence
as a carefully planned whole: that it fails, in practice, to convey anything like such
an ...
One may legitimately doubt how far this intention is enacted in Strangers and
Brothers; yet Snow's statement does show that he regards the whole sequence
as a carefully planned whole: that it fails, in practice, to convey anything like such
an ...
Page 160
... the successive theatrical styles of the past fifty years; a nice example of
Wilson's mimetic talents and one that, on the whole, comes off. The novel
contains many brilliant episodes, yet the successes remain local and remind one
that Wilson ...
... the successive theatrical styles of the past fifty years; a nice example of
Wilson's mimetic talents and one that, on the whole, comes off. The novel
contains many brilliant episodes, yet the successes remain local and remind one
that Wilson ...
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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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