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Page 128
... fiction , much use was made of fantastic figures and allegorical elements from oral narrative . Interest in social comment has been less marked in fiction than in poetry , but it is still present . A theme that occurs often is that of ...
... fiction , much use was made of fantastic figures and allegorical elements from oral narrative . Interest in social comment has been less marked in fiction than in poetry , but it is still present . A theme that occurs often is that of ...
Page 419
... Fiction . The little magazines that helped the growth of the poetry also contributed to a development of the fiction of the era by printing material that diverged from older patterns and by attacking conventional writing and estab ...
... Fiction . The little magazines that helped the growth of the poetry also contributed to a development of the fiction of the era by printing material that diverged from older patterns and by attacking conventional writing and estab ...
Page 420
... fiction turned increasingly to black humour and absurdist fantasy . A highly self - conscious fiction , which imitated earlier fiction rather than social reality , emerged . Russian - born Vladimir Nabokov and the Argentine writer Jorge ...
... fiction turned increasingly to black humour and absurdist fantasy . A highly self - conscious fiction , which imitated earlier fiction rather than social reality , emerged . Russian - born Vladimir Nabokov and the Argentine writer Jorge ...
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