“Exaggeratedly romantic? I think so, but I am willing to agree with the pessimist of the Literary Supplement that if the novel, like the horse, is in danger of becoming a survival, the new media of communication—wireless and television, and on a different level the computer—are partly responsible. These sacred monsters cannot replace the novelist, but they can displace him, elbow him out of the market and deflect him from his proper business…”
This book is in essence Jameson's philosophy of art. The distinguished novelist presents her very positive notion of how things ought to be in the world of letters and in the worlds of painting and music. She is a passionate upholder of the art of fiction and, despite her criticism of much contemporary fiction, she believes the novel is far from dead.
Author: Storm Jameson
Title: Parthian Words
Edition: First printing
Published: New York et al: Harper & Row, 1970
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 156p
Condition: Near fine copy in very good condition dust jacket (price-clipped) with mild chipping—in new protector.
Comments: Clean copy
