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 xvi
... sense of individual isolation that seems central to the American experience . It is out of this sense of isolation and the sense of alienation that goes with it that the American novel and its characteristic mode of expres- sion spring ...
... sense of individual isolation that seems central to the American experience . It is out of this sense of isolation and the sense of alienation that goes with it that the American novel and its characteristic mode of expres- sion spring ...
Page 97
... sense of style , a quality Cohn deplorably lacks ; indeed , it might be said that the sense of style is the expression of the code . Style is what Brett Ashley superbly has . In part , it is a disdain of meanness and messiness . In part ...
... sense of style , a quality Cohn deplorably lacks ; indeed , it might be said that the sense of style is the expression of the code . Style is what Brett Ashley superbly has . In part , it is a disdain of meanness and messiness . In part ...
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... sense in which it has meaning , in the Marxist sense , there were very few examples indeed of it in Britain , the only one that still has interest as a positive literary achievement being the trilogy A Scots Quair — Sunset Song ( 1932 ) ...
... sense in which it has meaning , in the Marxist sense , there were very few examples indeed of it in Britain , the only one that still has interest as a positive literary achievement being the trilogy A Scots Quair — Sunset Song ( 1932 ) ...
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American | 65 |
The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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