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... novelist . " A novel is based " , says Forster , " on evidence plus or minus X , the unknown quan- tity being the temperament of the novelist , and the unknown quantity always modifies the effect of the evidence , and sometimes ...
... novelist . " A novel is based " , says Forster , " on evidence plus or minus X , the unknown quan- tity being the temperament of the novelist , and the unknown quantity always modifies the effect of the evidence , and sometimes ...
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... novelist and his circumam- bient universe . Since the novel at its best is the image of the cur- rent human predicament , it cannot but insinuate its own subtle balance and true - relatedness to the reader himself . - When the novelist's ...
... novelist and his circumam- bient universe . Since the novel at its best is the image of the cur- rent human predicament , it cannot but insinuate its own subtle balance and true - relatedness to the reader himself . - When the novelist's ...
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... novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown , to be so exhibited that it will tell itself " . In drama , the artist is discreetly invisible : we only see his characters in action . In the novel , on the contrary , narration and ...
... novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown , to be so exhibited that it will tell itself " . In drama , the artist is discreetly invisible : we only see his characters in action . In the novel , on the contrary , narration and ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF LITERATURE AND THe | 3 |
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 21 |
BACKGROUNDS CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN | 42 |
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