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... contemporary novel . The contemporary novel has its own problems , its own excellencies , and , I would say , its own masters , masters for us however different they may appear to our grandchildren . These are to be the subject of a ...
... contemporary novel . The contemporary novel has its own problems , its own excellencies , and , I would say , its own masters , masters for us however different they may appear to our grandchildren . These are to be the subject of a ...
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... contemporary world , and Jude is a man who must be defeated by the contemporary world ; his morbid sensi- bility is " planted " for us in the second chapter of the novel . Everyone has noticed the way in which the rich rustic chorus has ...
... contemporary world , and Jude is a man who must be defeated by the contemporary world ; his morbid sensi- bility is " planted " for us in the second chapter of the novel . Everyone has noticed the way in which the rich rustic chorus has ...
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... contemporary painters working on parallel lines they could emulate . If Zola constantly suggests Manet , George Moore in his best novel , Esther Waters , suggests Frith in such a painting as " Derby Day . " The Naturalists , then ...
... contemporary painters working on parallel lines they could emulate . If Zola constantly suggests Manet , George Moore in his best novel , Esther Waters , suggests Frith in such a painting as " Derby Day . " The Naturalists , then ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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