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Page 116
But it brought in things that were not so fine, things Scott knew nothing about and
cared less. It made him set at the centre of his fictions the romantic hero and the
romantic heroine. It is the fate of the romantic hero to be colourless, and perhaps
...
But it brought in things that were not so fine, things Scott knew nothing about and
cared less. It made him set at the centre of his fictions the romantic hero and the
romantic heroine. It is the fate of the romantic hero to be colourless, and perhaps
...
Page 240
We begin to feel that the author has aligned himself with the nature of things
against his characters, that he is manipulating fate against them. ------ Hardy's
worst failure here is certainly 'Father Time's' killing of Sue's children in Jude, and
his ...
We begin to feel that the author has aligned himself with the nature of things
against his characters, that he is manipulating fate against them. ------ Hardy's
worst failure here is certainly 'Father Time's' killing of Sue's children in Jude, and
his ...
Page 321
He had said so bravely, and that is why one can trust Beethoven when he says
other things. This perception into the nature of things Forster calls, in The Longest
Journey (1907), 'the knowledge of good-and-evil', and he describes it there as ...
He had said so bravely, and that is why one can trust Beethoven when he says
other things. This perception into the nature of things Forster calls, in The Longest
Journey (1907), 'the knowledge of good-and-evil', and he describes it there as ...
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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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