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 in | The Yale review Vol. 89; no. 2; p. 1 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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New Haven
Johns Hopkins University Press
01.04.2001
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0044-0124 1467-9736 |