The Novel Today: Contemporary Writers on Modern FictionMalcolm Bradbury Manchester University Press, 1977 - 256 pages Britain's most important contemporary authors reflect intelligently and imaginatively on the nature and development of the modern novel. |
Contents
Introduction MALCOLM BRADBURY | 7 |
Against Dryness IRIS MURDOCH | 23 |
The Novel as Research MICHEL BUTOR | 48 |
Copyright | |
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Only Halfway to Paradise: Women in Postwar Britain, 1945-1968 Elizabeth Wilson No preview available - 1980 |