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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... followed these premonitory drops ... J. C. Powys's imaginative power can scarcely be questioned ; and as an example of his genius working at length one might choose the scene in A Glastonbury Romance in which Philip Crow seduces ...
... followed these premonitory drops ... J. C. Powys's imaginative power can scarcely be questioned ; and as an example of his genius working at length one might choose the scene in A Glastonbury Romance in which Philip Crow seduces ...
Page 295
... followed by a wedge of personal recollection followed by another character - study , and so on . It certainly cannot be said that Burns writes in Vidal's ' national manner ' . In his book two American traditions come together . Sty ...
... followed by a wedge of personal recollection followed by another character - study , and so on . It certainly cannot be said that Burns writes in Vidal's ' national manner ' . In his book two American traditions come together . Sty ...
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... followed it , The Victim ( 1947 ) , both describe what may be called personal night- mares , and the element of nightmare , of the characters ' exacerbated hypersensitivity to the world about them , removes them from the naturalistic ...
... followed it , The Victim ( 1947 ) , both describe what may be called personal night- mares , and the element of nightmare , of the characters ' exacerbated hypersensitivity to the world about them , removes them from the naturalistic ...
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American | 65 |
The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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