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Page 39
But the greater interest is that, written in the first person as a 'true confession' with
the moral tag at the end that 'true confessions' in any age must have, it is further
evidence of the protean nature of Defoe's imagination. It was one thing to create ...
But the greater interest is that, written in the first person as a 'true confession' with
the moral tag at the end that 'true confessions' in any age must have, it is further
evidence of the protean nature of Defoe's imagination. It was one thing to create ...
Page 52
'The only source of the true ridiculous, as it appears to me,' he writes, 'is
affectation. . . From the discovery of this affectation arises the ridiculous, which
always strikes the reader with surprise and pleasure.' He was putting forward the
classical ...
'The only source of the true ridiculous, as it appears to me,' he writes, 'is
affectation. . . From the discovery of this affectation arises the ridiculous, which
always strikes the reader with surprise and pleasure.' He was putting forward the
classical ...
Page 305
The picture is true because it is of the provinces: in Hardy the picture is true not
simply because it is of Wessex. At his best Bennett does achieve universality of a
kind, but it is not Hardy's kind. It is, if such a thing is possible, a limited universality
...
The picture is true because it is of the provinces: in Hardy the picture is true not
simply because it is of Wessex. At his best Bennett does achieve universality of a
kind, but it is not Hardy's kind. It is, if such a thing is possible, a limited universality
...
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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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