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other than the lyric poet—to create characters ... long ago invaded criticism of the
novel.” Character, it is contended, is the creation of the reader, not the writer.
Doubtless it is no argument to say that novelists themselves have commonly ...
other than the lyric poet—to create characters ... long ago invaded criticism of the
novel.” Character, it is contended, is the creation of the reader, not the writer.
Doubtless it is no argument to say that novelists themselves have commonly ...
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It has often been noted that there is no communication between the characters in
a Dickens novel: they are isolated, self-soliloquizing beings borne along each
upon his balloon of individual fantasy. Here, it seems to me, Dickens is much
Huer ...
It has often been noted that there is no communication between the characters in
a Dickens novel: they are isolated, self-soliloquizing beings borne along each
upon his balloon of individual fantasy. Here, it seems to me, Dickens is much
Huer ...
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For the English, there is always a tendency for character to be an end in itself,
valuable in its own right; the French are interested in a character as the instance
of a general law or because a general law may be deduced from it. Perhaps this
is ...
For the English, there is always a tendency for character to be an end in itself,
valuable in its own right; the French are interested in a character as the instance
of a general law or because a general law may be deduced from it. Perhaps this
is ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 40 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History Volume 9 of Dutton Paperback: D Pelican books |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Publisher | Phoenix House, 1954 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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