The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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Page 77
... certainly on , and Gog is certainly to do with it , as a man seeks for his own identity from some mytho- logical tradition . For instance , I do not understand why every child in this country is not given Geoffrey of Monmouth's History ...
... certainly on , and Gog is certainly to do with it , as a man seeks for his own identity from some mytho- logical tradition . For instance , I do not understand why every child in this country is not given Geoffrey of Monmouth's History ...
Page 204
... certainly do not share Doris Lessing's impatience with the established conventions of fiction . Thus , Margaret Drabble , in The Millstone , lets her heroine discover the manuscript of a novel that a supposedly loyal friend has been ...
... certainly do not share Doris Lessing's impatience with the established conventions of fiction . Thus , Margaret Drabble , in The Millstone , lets her heroine discover the manuscript of a novel that a supposedly loyal friend has been ...
Page 207
... certainly not interested in the slightest in writing fiction . Where the difficulty comes in is that ' novel ' and ' fiction ' are not synonymous . Certainly I write autobiography , and I write it in form of a novel . What I don't write ...
... certainly not interested in the slightest in writing fiction . Where the difficulty comes in is that ' novel ' and ' fiction ' are not synonymous . Certainly I write autobiography , and I write it in form of a novel . What I don't write ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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