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The novel now : a guide to contemporary fiction / Anthony Burgess.
LIBRA Special PN3503 .B78 1967b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Fiction.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Norton, 1967.
- Contents:
- Preface to the American edition
- What is a novel?
- Giants in those days
- Utopias and dystopias
- War's sour fruits
- Good and evil
- Great individuality
- The novel as a river
- Other kinds of massiveness
- Other miners
- Yin and yang
- History and myth
- A sort of rebels
- Exports and imports
- World tour, etc.
- American themes
- On the margin.
- Notes:
- London ed. has title: The novel now; a student's guide to contemporary fiction.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993. Novel now.
- OCLC:
- 674862
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