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him than appears from Aspects of the Novel, and what remains is not merely his
historical influence. That was enormous; one may say, quite simply, that he made
the European novel and say something much more true than such sweeping ...
him than appears from Aspects of the Novel, and what remains is not merely his
historical influence. That was enormous; one may say, quite simply, that he made
the European novel and say something much more true than such sweeping ...
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Moreover, it was a complex change, and not all its manifestations appear in her
work. But 1859 saw the publication not only of Adam Bede but also of another
first novel, by a younger writer: George Meredith's The Ordeal of Richard Feverel.
Moreover, it was a complex change, and not all its manifestations appear in her
work. But 1859 saw the publication not only of Adam Bede but also of another
first novel, by a younger writer: George Meredith's The Ordeal of Richard Feverel.
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Sometimes, then, poetry in novels will appear in the novelist's visionary intensity,
as in Dickens and in a somewhat different way Hardy; sometimes it will appear in
his use of language, which, though not in the conventional form of poetry, will ...
Sometimes, then, poetry in novels will appear in the novelist's visionary intensity,
as in Dickens and in a somewhat different way Hardy; sometimes it will appear in
his use of language, which, though not in the conventional form of poetry, will ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 51 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History Part 9 of A Dutton Paperback Dutton everyman paperback |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 May 2007 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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