2096English LiteratureMedium
What factors contributed to the increased popularity of nonfiction prose?
Athe forbiddingly high cost of threevolume novels and the difficulty of finding poetry in bookshops outside of London
Ba new market position for nonfiction writing and an exalted sense of the didactic function of the writer
Ca Puritanical distrust of fictions and a thirst for trivia
Dthe deconstruction of the truth-fiction dichotomy and an accompanying relativistic sense that every opinion was of equal value
Correct answer
B. a new market position for nonfiction writing and an exalted sense of the didactic function of the writer
Explanation
The correct answer is a new market position for nonfiction writing and an exalted sense of the didactic function of the writer.