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Page 121
It is Fanny alone who stands out against the plans to stage a play at Mansfield
Park while Sir Thomas is away in the West ... Dante defines comedy as " a series
of harsh complications having a prosperous conclusion , " and that will stand for ...
It is Fanny alone who stands out against the plans to stage a play at Mansfield
Park while Sir Thomas is away in the West ... Dante defines comedy as " a series
of harsh complications having a prosperous conclusion , " and that will stand for ...
Page 307
The root of the whole 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 significant simplicity . " With this James had no difficulty in ...
The root of the whole 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 significant simplicity . " With this James had no difficulty in ...
Page 332
Mrs . Lowder is comic , formidable , implacable ; but she is more , for Kate ' s is a
myth - making mind , and before it has finished with Mrs . Lowder she has
become a figure of myth , one that can stand as a symbol of the implacability and
the ...
Mrs . Lowder is comic , formidable , implacable ; but she is more , for Kate ' s is a
myth - making mind , and before it has finished with Mrs . Lowder she has
become a figure of myth , one that can stand as a symbol of the implacability and
the ...
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History A Dutton paperback Part 9 of Dutton everyman paperback |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 May 2007 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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