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American novels , even where they are patently mediocre in content , are usually
well written ; in starting to read an ... they conveyed a general feeling of flatness
and banality in the writing , and a complete unawareness of the problems of ...
American novels , even where they are patently mediocre in content , are usually
well written ; in starting to read an ... they conveyed a general feeling of flatness
and banality in the writing , and a complete unawareness of the problems of ...
Page 69
( The above example is , by the way , wholly invented ; my apologies if it
inadvertently reproduces what someone has already written , or is thinking of
writing . ) American first novels do at least show signs of trying hard , of energy
and invention .
( The above example is , by the way , wholly invented ; my apologies if it
inadvertently reproduces what someone has already written , or is thinking of
writing . ) American first novels do at least show signs of trying hard , of energy
and invention .
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It is a magnificent though wholly unpretentious piece of writing . ... such as
Advertisements for Myself , The Presidential Papers , and Cannibals and
Christians , as well as works of fiction which are as much written against the form
of the novel ...
It is a magnificent though wholly unpretentious piece of writing . ... such as
Advertisements for Myself , The Presidential Papers , and Cannibals and
Christians , as well as works of fiction which are as much written against the form
of the novel ...
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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| Title | The Situation of the Novel |
| Author | Bernard Bergonzi |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1970 |
| ISBN | 0822932148, 9780822932147 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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