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But the greater interest is that , written in the first person as a “ true confession ”
with the moral tag at the end that “ true confessions ” in any age must have , it is
further evidence of the protean nature of Defoe ' s imagination . It was one thing
to ...
But the greater interest is that , written in the first person as a “ true confession ”
with the moral tag at the end that “ true confessions ” in any age must have , it is
further evidence of the protean nature of Defoe ' s imagination . It was one thing
to ...
Page 100
Here it can only be noted that while the description is recognizably true of an
increasing number of novels it is not true of , among others , those of the great
eighteenth - century writers : poetic truth was far . . . from their end . It was ,
however ...
Here it can only be noted that while the description is recognizably true of an
increasing number of novels it is not true of , among others , those of the great
eighteenth - century writers : poetic truth was far . . . from their end . It was ,
however ...
Page 382
The picture is true because it is of the provinces ; in Hardy the picture is true not
simply because it is of Wessex . ... a limited universality , true for a certain kind of
community at a certain point in time , a picture of life not only in the Five Towns ...
The picture is true because it is of the provinces ; in Hardy the picture is true not
simply because it is of Wessex . ... a limited universality , true for a certain kind of
community at a certain point in time , a picture of life not only in the Five Towns ...
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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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, 1954 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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