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Page 382
... Clay- hanger Family that we are brought face to face not merely with the human situation at a given date and place ... Clayhanger Family Bennett's aim was to unroll the panorama of life in time through all the tiny , detailed incidents ...
... Clay- hanger Family that we are brought face to face not merely with the human situation at a given date and place ... Clayhanger Family Bennett's aim was to unroll the panorama of life in time through all the tiny , detailed incidents ...
Page 388
... Clayhanger . D. H. Lawrence once criticized Bennett's characters for their acceptance of , their acquiescence in ... Clayhanger , apparently , a complete absence of contrivance on the part of the author ; Bennett follows the grain of ...
... Clayhanger . D. H. Lawrence once criticized Bennett's characters for their acceptance of , their acquiescence in ... Clayhanger , apparently , a complete absence of contrivance on the part of the author ; Bennett follows the grain of ...
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... Law- rence is on his mother's side . In form , Sons and Lovers is the conventional autobio- graphical novel of its date - 1913 . The obvious comparison is with Bennett's Clayhanger . Clayhanger is a fine novel 432 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
... Law- rence is on his mother's side . In form , Sons and Lovers is the conventional autobio- graphical novel of its date - 1913 . The obvious comparison is with Bennett's Clayhanger . Clayhanger is a fine novel 432 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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