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Page 17
When at this time reality did enter English fiction it came from the least expected
of quarters and in the least expected of forms. Bunyan was fifty when he
published The Pilgrim's Progress in 1678. He had of course no thought of writing
a novel; ...
When at this time reality did enter English fiction it came from the least expected
of quarters and in the least expected of forms. Bunyan was fifty when he
published The Pilgrim's Progress in 1678. He had of course no thought of writing
a novel; ...
Page 34
His protest was in the name of religion and morality; but, by making his central
characters in his first two novels women, and opposing them to the libertinage of
men, he did much to elevate the position of women, not least in their own eyes.
His protest was in the name of religion and morality; but, by making his central
characters in his first two novels women, and opposing them to the libertinage of
men, he did much to elevate the position of women, not least in their own eyes.
Page 148
Some of the characters at least are suggested by life: Scythrop is based on
Shelley, and not only in his inability to choose between two equally loved young
ladies; Mr. Flosky is Coleridge; Mr. Cypress, Byron. The satire dazzles; the
various ...
Some of the characters at least are suggested by life: Scythrop is based on
Shelley, and not only in his inability to choose between two equally loved young
ladies; Mr. Flosky is Coleridge; Mr. Cypress, Byron. The satire dazzles; the
various ...
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| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History A Dutton paperback Part 9 of Dutton everyman paperback |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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