I often laugh when I'm alone

Hollinghurst discusses the complex life and writings of Ronald Firbank, whose first novel was entitled "Vainglory." The main features of Firbank's stylistic revolution were the suppression, or at least concealment, of plot; a texture made up of elliptical-seeming fragments; and an ext...

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Published inThe Yale review Vol. 89; no. 2; p. 1
Main Author Hollinghurst, Alan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Haven Johns Hopkins University Press 01.04.2001
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Firbank, Ronald (1886-1926)
Lifestyles
Literary criticism
Writers
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Summary:Hollinghurst discusses the complex life and writings of Ronald Firbank, whose first novel was entitled "Vainglory." The main features of Firbank's stylistic revolution were the suppression, or at least concealment, of plot; a texture made up of elliptical-seeming fragments; and an extraordinary brevity.
ISSN:0044-0124
1467-9736