At times, the progressive spirits of 20th century fiction seemed determined to turn the novel into something other than fiction. In their opinion, the novel might resemble an annotated poem, a guide to writing styles, a journalistic account of a crime in Kansas, or ruminations on the bombing of Dresden. It might take the form of a quest to find another …
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