The English Novel: A Short Critical HistoryA brilliant, critical history of the novel from Bunyan to Lawrence and Joyce. |
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Page 180
... action and excitement must be main- tained at all costs , so that the fluctuations of public demand tended to dictate the course future action would take . The one test of success was - success , which could only be interpreted by sales ...
... action and excitement must be main- tained at all costs , so that the fluctuations of public demand tended to dictate the course future action would take . The one test of success was - success , which could only be interpreted by sales ...
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... action . But it does illuminate him as the representative of a type . Sir Willoughby , then , is an intellectual creation . With young women Meredith's creative method is different . Clara Middleton is " real " in a way Sir Willoughby ...
... action . But it does illuminate him as the representative of a type . Sir Willoughby , then , is an intellectual creation . With young women Meredith's creative method is different . Clara Middleton is " real " in a way Sir Willoughby ...
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... action is reflected and interpreted in the consciousnesses of certain of the characters who , though never passive and all furthering the action , function in- cidentally as a chorus to the whole . These characters in- clude Mrs. Gould ...
... action is reflected and interpreted in the consciousnesses of certain of the characters who , though never passive and all furthering the action , function in- cidentally as a chorus to the whole . These characters in- clude Mrs. Gould ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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