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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Page 68
... girl is the spirit of that bewildered empire called the American Middlewest . That is our introduction to Carol , set in the conventional pose of a young girl in an advertisement and described in prose of equal banality . Carol becomes ...
... girl is the spirit of that bewildered empire called the American Middlewest . That is our introduction to Carol , set in the conventional pose of a young girl in an advertisement and described in prose of equal banality . Carol becomes ...
Page 73
... girls ' , the daughters of central European immigrants who have come to town to go into service . Already the town is ... girl ; but she still had that something which fires the imagination , could still stop one's breath for a moment by ...
... girls ' , the daughters of central European immigrants who have come to town to go into service . Already the town is ... girl ; but she still had that something which fires the imagination , could still stop one's breath for a moment by ...
Page 176
... girl who wants to marry him because he refuses to find a job , being intent on producing an invention that will make his fortune , for instance , ' individual wrappers around toilet seats in public places ' . Yet he is much more than ...
... girl who wants to marry him because he refuses to find a job , being intent on producing an invention that will make his fortune , for instance , ' individual wrappers around toilet seats in public places ' . Yet he is much more than ...
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The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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