The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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Page 7
... present book : I begin with general questions about the present state and possible future of fiction , and go on to talk about the cultural attitudes implicit in the recent English novel . There follows a chapter about some modern ...
... present book : I begin with general questions about the present state and possible future of fiction , and go on to talk about the cultural attitudes implicit in the recent English novel . There follows a chapter about some modern ...
Page 37
... present us with puppets in whom they themselves no longer believe . The novel that contains characters belongs well and truly to the past , it was peculiar to an age - that of the apogee of the individual . - It may not be progress ...
... present us with puppets in whom they themselves no longer believe . The novel that contains characters belongs well and truly to the past , it was peculiar to an age - that of the apogee of the individual . - It may not be progress ...
Page 211
... present day will come to be valued as we now value the artists and craftsmen of the late eighteenth century . The originators , the exuberant men , are extinct and in their place subsists and modestly flourishes a generation notable for ...
... present day will come to be valued as we now value the artists and craftsmen of the late eighteenth century . The originators , the exuberant men , are extinct and in their place subsists and modestly flourishes a generation notable for ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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