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It was written as a religious allegory, as a tract or a sermon. cholars have tracked
down works that may have influenced Bunyan nd he may conceivably have read.
They do not matter in the least: Junyan was a transcendent genius, the first to ...
It was written as a religious allegory, as a tract or a sermon. cholars have tracked
down works that may have influenced Bunyan nd he may conceivably have read.
They do not matter in the least: Junyan was a transcendent genius, the first to ...
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... 194, 211,225, 229,303, 319, 332; influence of Cervantes, zo, 52, 53, 65;
influence of Shakespeare, 22; as reformer, and social work, 41, 5o, 51;
dominates English novel for a century, 50, 63; dramatic work, 50–1; expresses
social conscience ...
... 194, 211,225, 229,303, 319, 332; influence of Cervantes, zo, 52, 53, 65;
influence of Shakespeare, 22; as reformer, and social work, 41, 5o, 51;
dominates English novel for a century, 50, 63; dramatic work, 50–1; expresses
social conscience ...
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... Victorian social consciousness contrasted with French and Russian, 134–5;
effect of Victorian idea of respectability on the novel, 135–9; European influence,
and growth of seriousness in later Victorian period, 208–9; poetic intensity in, 224
, ...
... Victorian social consciousness contrasted with French and Russian, 134–5;
effect of Victorian idea of respectability on the novel, 135–9; European influence,
and growth of seriousness in later Victorian period, 208–9; poetic intensity in, 224
, ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 40 |
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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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