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Page 44
... present , always at the cutting edge of the character's suffering , analysing , experiencing mind . And we not only have the character as he sees and presents himself ; through the letters of the other characters we see him as others ...
... present , always at the cutting edge of the character's suffering , analysing , experiencing mind . And we not only have the character as he sees and presents himself ; through the letters of the other characters we see him as others ...
Page 225
... present eclipse will prove only temporary . The reasons for the eclipse are obvious enough . His philosophy has worn badly . Its essence is contained in his lines : Into the breast that bears the rose , Shall I with shuddering fall ? He ...
... present eclipse will prove only temporary . The reasons for the eclipse are obvious enough . His philosophy has worn badly . Its essence is contained in his lines : Into the breast that bears the rose , Shall I with shuddering fall ? He ...
Page 311
... present satire through Naturalism . His failure is some- what akin to Butler's in The Way of All Flesh ; it is the failure to establish an adequate compensating principle for what is being satir- ized . In his preface to the Forsyte ...
... present satire through Naturalism . His failure is some- what akin to Butler's in The Way of All Flesh ; it is the failure to establish an adequate compensating principle for what is being satir- ized . In his preface to the Forsyte ...
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