Word: fictional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This is John Gardner's argument in his essay On Moral Fiction. It sounds simplistic, and--of course--it is. Gardner poses as the Gabriel for a new artistic responsibility, sternly blasting forth on the trumpet, calling on the forces of "Beauty, Truth and Goodness" to regroup...
...amazing thing about On Moral Fiction is that, despite the naivete of its fundamental tenet, it is filled with acute, valuable observations on contemporary art. Gardner's ideas make a lot more sense when he applies them to contemporary culture than when he states them in the abstract...
...ratings after the four-night documentary fiction were impressive. NBC estimated that at one point or another, some 120 million Americans tuned in Holocaust. It scored 14 points lower than the alltime ratings winner, last year's Roots series, but still ranked second in the category of "entertainment." Author Gerald Green's novel, based on his script, is now in its tenth printing and has sold more than 1 million copies...
...FICTION: Daniel Martin, John Fowles Final Payments, Mary Gordon The Human Factor, Graham Greene The World According to Garp, John Irving
...FICTION...