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Page 278
... Meredith conveys this by his poetic device at the same time as he keeps him credi- ble . Meredith's fantasy , though it distorts the novels when seen as a panorama of society , serves his purpose , which is to disengage and expose his ...
... Meredith conveys this by his poetic device at the same time as he keeps him credi- ble . Meredith's fantasy , though it distorts the novels when seen as a panorama of society , serves his purpose , which is to disengage and expose his ...
Page 280
... Meredith's was itself Meredithean comedy . To his contemporaries he was a man without a background . He suppressed ... Meredith had already made public the truth about his origins in Evan Harring- ton . He had not bothered even to change ...
... Meredith's was itself Meredithean comedy . To his contemporaries he was a man without a background . He suppressed ... Meredith had already made public the truth about his origins in Evan Harring- ton . He had not bothered even to change ...
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... Meredith's creative method is different . Clara Middleton is " real " in a way Sir Willoughby is not . The difference is evident in the effects the two characters have on us . By Sir Willoughby we are amused and scari- fied , or rather ...
... Meredith's creative method is different . Clara Middleton is " real " in a way Sir Willoughby is not . The difference is evident in the effects the two characters have on us . By Sir Willoughby we are amused and scari- fied , or rather ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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