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On Moral Fiction (A Harper Torchbook- TB 5069)

A genuine classic of literary criticism, On Moral Fiction argues that â€true art is by its nature moral.â€ More »

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The Average Review score is 4.4 on a scale of 5.0. Total 15 reviewers are considered to generate the average review. Some of the new or latest reviews in History & Criticism might be helpful and interesting to you. This average review is fetched by Kirsten Tranter and posted on 23 August

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[ 4.0 stars ] "On Moral Fiction was first published in 1976, and is author and critic John Gardner's view on the necessity for morality in fiction, arguing that fiction displays the beliefs of the author. I don't agree with his view on religion, but I suspect his view is tainted by the accident that killed his younger brother, that he apparently felt responsible for.His opinion of many of the foremost ^^ ..." Courtesy by Amazon
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[ 5.0 stars ] "John Gardner's book On Moral Fiction did a good job explaining his views on what constitutes great fiction rather than simply fiction to sell. His other works on fiction cover much the same territory but he does make the point that fiction writers have to have something to say to be any good. What they say should in some form, almost any form will do, reveal something about humanity to humani ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The History & Criticism review is genenrated by Ann Frailey which was written on January 23, 2013
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[ 4.0 stars ] "On Moral Fiction: Review "True art is moral. We recognize true art by its' careful, thoroughly honest search for an analysis of values. It is not didactic because, instead of teaching by authority and force, it explores, open-mindedly, to learn what it should teach. It clarifies like an experiment in a chemistry lab, and confirms." - John Gardner I have of late been on a kick of reading whatev ..." Courtesy by Amazon
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[ 5.0 stars ] "I empathize with John Gardner and his frustration with the mediocrity of modernism, postmodernism and nihilism, and the lack of what he refers to as moral fiction in much of the arts. I have struggled with it also as a reporter/captioner; and art, as he so pedantically stated, imitates life.Thomas Watson said, "The chief aim of man is to glorify God." To glorify God is my standard as a writer. If ..." Courtesy by Amazon
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[ 4.0 stars ] "John Gardner was a good writer; but he could have been a better writer, if only his scale of values were that of an artist. The very fact that he thinks that art should work for its living and serve something more important, drags him into the sin of what Vladimir Nabokov called Poshlost-- Philistinism.Philistinism is the very belief that art is worthwhile only when it serves something more import ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The History & Criticism review is genenrated by Scipio Americanus "Bookman" which was written on February 11, 2011
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Available	Yes
Author	John Gardner
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780465052264
Edition	0
ISBN	0465052266
Label	Basic Books, Inc.
Manufacturer	Basic Books, Inc.
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	234
PackageQuantity	1
ProductGroup	Book
ProductTypeName	ABIS_BOOK
PublicationDate	1979-10-05
Publisher	Basic Books, Inc.
Studio	Basic Books, Inc.
Title	On Moral Fiction (A Harper Torchbook- TB 5069)

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