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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Thus Bloom is not only Ulysses, he is the Wandering Jew; Stephen not only
Telemachus but Shakespeare and perhaps even Christ ; and Marion not only
Penelope but the Magna Mater, Gea Tellus, the female principle. Nevertheless,
when ...
Thus Bloom is not only Ulysses, he is the Wandering Jew; Stephen not only
Telemachus but Shakespeare and perhaps even Christ ; and Marion not only
Penelope but the Magna Mater, Gea Tellus, the female principle. Nevertheless,
when ...
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The note of personal anguish sounds through it all the same, the deeper and the
more affecting because of the control ; and the author's judgment on himself may
perhaps be seen in the punning title of the novel. In Self Condemned, the satire ...
The note of personal anguish sounds through it all the same, the deeper and the
more affecting because of the control ; and the author's judgment on himself may
perhaps be seen in the punning title of the novel. In Self Condemned, the satire ...
Page 60
They are surprised into a knowledge of themselves, surprised perhaps into the
revelation of their true qualities. Thus one officer, Rabb, 'an efficient and popular
officer; a clean-living man', fails; fear breaks him. Another, Mr Buxton, realizes for
...
They are surprised into a knowledge of themselves, surprised perhaps into the
revelation of their true qualities. Thus one officer, Rabb, 'an efficient and popular
officer; a clean-living man', fails; fear breaks him. Another, Mr Buxton, realizes for
...
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Contents
British i | 21 |
American | 65 |
The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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| Title | Tradition and dream: the English and American novel from the twenties to our time Phoenix House publication |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Publisher | Phoenix House, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 346 pages |
| Subjects | American fiction English fiction |
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