On Moral Fiction

On Moral Fiction is a book-length essay by the American novelist John Gardner published in 1978. (ISBN 0465052258)

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John Gardner - 1978

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In this work, Gardner attacks what he sees as contemporary literature's lack of moral content. In Gardner's view, moral fiction "attempts to test human values, not for the purpose of preaching or peddling a particular ideology, but in a truly honest and open-minded effort to find out which best promotes human fulfillment."

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