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 78
... story is ' Queer ' , which is the story of young Elmer Cowley , the son of an unsuccessful shopkeeper who differs from his son in not realizing that he is queer , whereas Elmer has been brought to the point of consciousness where he ...
... story is ' Queer ' , which is the story of young Elmer Cowley , the son of an unsuccessful shopkeeper who differs from his son in not realizing that he is queer , whereas Elmer has been brought to the point of consciousness where he ...
Page 93
... story on a comparable theme , " The Undefeated ' . A good deal of For Whom the Bell Tolls ( 1940 ) strikes one now as simplesse . As much as Conrad and Malraux , Hemingway is the dramatist of the extreme situation . His overriding theme ...
... story on a comparable theme , " The Undefeated ' . A good deal of For Whom the Bell Tolls ( 1940 ) strikes one now as simplesse . As much as Conrad and Malraux , Hemingway is the dramatist of the extreme situation . His overriding theme ...
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... story , since she is there at the beginning and the end she enfolds and distances the more sombre main story , sets it in perspective , fulfilling a function similar to Dilsey's in The Sound and the Fury . She is a symbol of what ...
... story , since she is there at the beginning and the end she enfolds and distances the more sombre main story , sets it in perspective , fulfilling a function similar to Dilsey's in The Sound and the Fury . She is a symbol of what ...
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The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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