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... matter ; when the subject matter is dull Trollope is dull . He has no sense of form ; he was content to produce a story that would , some- how , fill three volumes of a novel , a novel , moreover , that was to appear as a magazine ...
... matter ; when the subject matter is dull Trollope is dull . He has no sense of form ; he was content to produce a story that would , some- how , fill three volumes of a novel , a novel , moreover , that was to appear as a magazine ...
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... matter of man in relation to God , is plainly using the novel with a depth of seriousness quite beyond anything the early Victorians proposed for it . The seriousness of these European writers was both moral and aesthetic ; it is not ...
... matter of man in relation to God , is plainly using the novel with a depth of seriousness quite beyond anything the early Victorians proposed for it . The seriousness of these European writers was both moral and aesthetic ; it is not ...
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... matter , " he said , " is that a novel is not a transcript of life , to be judged by its exactitude ; but a simplification of some side or point of life , to stand or fall by its signifi- cant simplicity . " With this James had no ...
... matter , " he said , " is that a novel is not a transcript of life , to be judged by its exactitude ; but a simplification of some side or point of life , to stand or fall by its signifi- cant simplicity . " With this James had no ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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