TITLE

New Tendencies in the Novel: Pure Fiction

AUTHOR(S)

Cowley, Malcolm

PUB. DATE

November 1949

SOURCE

New Republic;11/28/49, Vol. 121 Issue 22, p32

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on new tendencies in the field of novel writing. Names of novels recommended by the author which include "The Middle of the Journey," by Lionel Trilling, "The Golden Apples," by Eudora Welty and "The Victim," by Saul Bellow; Features of the novel "The Middle of the journey," by Mathew Arnold which reads like an essay; Description of the book "The Oasis," by Mary McCarthy which is a conversation piece, like a story told amid gasps and chuckles at cocktail party; Change in the features of U.S. novels from Emersonian approach to belief that there is existence of evil.

ACCESSION #

14611106

Tags: FICTION;  MIDDLE of the Journey, The (Book);  OTHER Voices, Other Rooms (Book);  ARNOLD, Matthew, 1822-1888;  LITERATURE;  RANDOLPH, Cousin;  COCKTAIL parties;  MCCARTHY, Mary, 1912-1989

 

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