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American novels, even where they are patently mediocre in content, are usually
well written; in starting to read an American novel one begins with a sense of
language being used with a real openness to its possibilities, something
remarkably ...
American novels, even where they are patently mediocre in content, are usually
well written; in starting to read an American novel one begins with a sense of
language being used with a real openness to its possibilities, something
remarkably ...
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.
Page 212
It is a magnificent though wholly unpretentious piece of writing. The other book is
by an American, Norman Mailer's The Armies of the Night; here, too, Mailer
incorporates his public persona in a narrative which, although autobiographical,
...
It is a magnificent though wholly unpretentious piece of writing. The other book is
by an American, Norman Mailer's The Armies of the Night; here, too, Mailer
incorporates his public persona in a narrative which, although autobiographical,
...
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Contents
preface | 7 |
The Novel No Longer Novel | 11 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
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| 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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