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Page 195
In Dombey and Son , the symbol of money power is Mr . Dombey himself , to
whose pride of position as the British merchant everything must be sacrificed -
affections , wife , children . The money power he represents drags classes higher
, as ...
In Dombey and Son , the symbol of money power is Mr . Dombey himself , to
whose pride of position as the British merchant everything must be sacrificed -
affections , wife , children . The money power he represents drags classes higher
, as ...
Page 408
Mrs . Moore seems to me a wholly successful symbol . What she means cannot
be paraphrased , though one might make many guesses about her significance .
She is among other things obviously a Magna Mater figure , older than English ...
Mrs . Moore seems to me a wholly successful symbol . What she means cannot
be paraphrased , though one might make many guesses about her significance .
She is among other things obviously a Magna Mater figure , older than English ...
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Symbolism of this kind cannot be paraphrased; it can only be experienced. It is
probably the rarest kind of artistic creation, and it is everywhere in Lawrence.
Lawrence's use of the symbol explains also his failures, as for instance The
Plumed ...
Symbolism of this kind cannot be paraphrased; it can only be experienced. It is
probably the rarest kind of artistic creation, and it is everywhere in Lawrence.
Lawrence's use of the symbol explains also his failures, as for instance The
Plumed ...
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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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