Tradition and Dream: The English and American Novel from the Twenties to Our TimeDen engelske og amerikanske novelle fra 1920 til 1960 |
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... fiction has been the exploration of what it means to be an American , expressed often in solitary heroes with a whole world to roam over , the great overriding preoccupation of English fiction throughout its history has been class ...
... fiction has been the exploration of what it means to be an American , expressed often in solitary heroes with a whole world to roam over , the great overriding preoccupation of English fiction throughout its history has been class ...
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... fiction , and , at first glance , everything might seem to have been against Hartley here . A nervous , diffident , timid , over - scrupulous , as it were professional delicate little boy who grows into a delicate , unsure , charming ...
... fiction , and , at first glance , everything might seem to have been against Hartley here . A nervous , diffident , timid , over - scrupulous , as it were professional delicate little boy who grows into a delicate , unsure , charming ...
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... fiction from its earliest days- homosexuality . The relationship between man and man , often idealized and never overtly sexual , but involving a virtual exclusion of woman , is a common theme in classic American fiction , so common ...
... fiction from its earliest days- homosexuality . The relationship between man and man , often idealized and never overtly sexual , but involving a virtual exclusion of woman , is a common theme in classic American fiction , so common ...
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American | 65 |
The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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