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Are Novels Part of Our Cultural Malaise?

14 January 2025

Never mind smartphones: surely it was the novel that invented mental health problems, suggests Prof James Alexander, as he pays tribute to the theorist of the form, David Lodge, who died on January 1st.

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Are Novels Part of Our Cultural Malaise?

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