On moral fiction
Argues that great moral fiction has open-mindedly tested human values in an attempt to discover what best promotes human fulfillment and that current fiction fails to do so and, thus, undermines our experience of literature and our faith in ourselves.
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- Full title :On moral fiction / John Gardner.
Summary
Argues that great moral fiction has open-mindedly tested human values in an attempt to discover what best promotes human fulfillment and that current fiction fails to do so and, thus, undermines our experience of literature and our faith in ourselves.
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- Publication Date:©1978.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Basic Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1978.
The Physical Object
- Description:214 pages ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0465052258, 9780465052257, 0465052266, 9780465052264
- oclc:ocm03631236
- LC Classification:PN49
- Dewey Decimal:801
Table of Contents
Introduction on the Republication of on Moral Fiction -- Premises on Art and Morality -- Principles of Art and Criticism -- Moral Fiction -- Moral Criticism -- The Artist as Critic -- Art and Insanity.
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