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... are terrifically and often terrifyingly alive; they have the distinctive individuality
of the figures in Hogarth's prints, of the half-naked drunken virago sprawled on
the steps, with her baby falling from her arms, in the “Gin Lane” plate, for instance
.
... are terrifically and often terrifyingly alive; they have the distinctive individuality
of the figures in Hogarth's prints, of the half-naked drunken virago sprawled on
the steps, with her baby falling from her arms, in the “Gin Lane” plate, for instance
.
Page 161
Silas Wegg is an instance of this process. When he comes out with such a
magnificently comic phrase as “Since I called upon you that evening when you
were, as I may say, floating your powerful mind in tea, we feel that the current of
satire, ...
Silas Wegg is an instance of this process. When he comes out with such a
magnificently comic phrase as “Since I called upon you that evening when you
were, as I may say, floating your powerful mind in tea, we feel that the current of
satire, ...
Page 165
sometimes, for instance, it emerges as an extraordinary intensification of
atmosphere, as in the descriptions of Dombey's house. Even in Dombey and Son
, we are in the presence of a rich texture of symbolism - such as normally we only
find in ...
sometimes, for instance, it emerges as an extraordinary intensification of
atmosphere, as in the descriptions of Dombey's house. Even in Dombey and Son
, we are in the presence of a rich texture of symbolism - such as normally we only
find in ...
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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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