Since the 1950s, some literary critics and historians have proclaimed the âdeathâ of the conventional novel in america, attributing its demise to a widespread breakdown of social cohesiveness and an increase in individual isolation. this âdeath-of-the-novelâ theory would be logically consistent with which aspect of the passage?
(a) the myth that the puritan tradition made americans hostile to the novel form.
(b) the myth that the literary romance was compatible with the nineteenth-century american milieu.
(c) the research findings on nineteenth-century book reviews of american novels.
(d) the research findings on nineteenth-century attitudes toward the novel in england.