The Decline of the Novel
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The novel has lost its purpose, Joseph Bottum argues in this fascinating new look at the history of fiction. We have not transcended our need for what novels provide, but we have grown to distrust the culture that allowed novels to flourish. "For almost three hundred years," Bottum writes, "the novel was a major art form, perhaps the major art form, of the modern world--the device by which, more than any other, we tried to explain ourselves to...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1587311984
ISBN13:9781587311987
Release Date:December 2019
Publisher:St. Augustine's Press
Length:150 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"
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