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... matters . She placed her story , a thriller , in a situation in time where it could appear to be not improbable . And ... matter of years part of the territory and inhabitants of poetry proper . And beyond the first romantics she points ...
... matters . She placed her story , a thriller , in a situation in time where it could appear to be not improbable . And ... matter of years part of the territory and inhabitants of poetry proper . And beyond the first romantics she points ...
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... matter of man in relation to God , is plainly using the novel with a depth of seriousness quite beyond anything the early Victorians proposed for it . The seriousness of these European writers was both moral and aesthetic ; it is not ...
... matter of man in relation to God , is plainly using the novel with a depth of seriousness quite beyond anything the early Victorians proposed for it . The seriousness of these European writers was both moral and aesthetic ; it is not ...
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... matter ' , he said , ' is that a novel is not a transcript of life , to be judged by its exactitude ; but a simplification of some side or point of life , to stand or fall by its significant simplicity . ' With this James had no ...
... matter ' , he said , ' is that a novel is not a transcript of life , to be judged by its exactitude ; but a simplification of some side or point of life , to stand or fall by its significant simplicity . ' With this James had no ...
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