The English Novel: A Short Critical HistoryA brilliant, critical history of the novel from Bunyan to Lawrence and Joyce. |
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... word was ap- plied to people of " good or fair social standing , " with the moral qualities appropriate to this . A ... words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family . " One symbol of this ...
... word was ap- plied to people of " good or fair social standing , " with the moral qualities appropriate to this . A ... words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family . " One symbol of this ...
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... word " naturalistic " one must pause . Words applied to literary and artistic movements revo- lutionary in their day have seldom any precise meaning . They are emotive words , slogans , battle cries to rouse the faithful . Often , as ...
... word " naturalistic " one must pause . Words applied to literary and artistic movements revo- lutionary in their day have seldom any precise meaning . They are emotive words , slogans , battle cries to rouse the faithful . Often , as ...
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... words . They have certain attributes , but the sum total of these attributes is not enough truly to describe the ... word as a label . Yet , when the attributes are borne in mind , it still has its value to categorize a certain kind of ...
... words . They have certain attributes , but the sum total of these attributes is not enough truly to describe the ... word as a label . Yet , when the attributes are borne in mind , it still has its value to categorize a certain kind of ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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