The English Novel: A Short Critical HistoryA brillant, critical history of the novel from Bunyan to Lawrence and Joyce. |
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Coleridge wrote in the Biographia Literaria: "While Shakespeare darts himself
forth, and passes into all forms of human character and passion, the one Proteus
of the fire and flood; Milton attracts all forms and things to himself. All things apd ...
Coleridge wrote in the Biographia Literaria: "While Shakespeare darts himself
forth, and passes into all forms of human character and passion, the one Proteus
of the fire and flood; Milton attracts all forms and things to himself. All things apd ...
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In his introduction to The Fortunes of Nigel he quotes Dryden's remark: "In short,
sir, you are of opinion with Bayes — 'What the devil does the plot signify, except
to bring in fine things?' " But it brought in things that were not so fine, things Scott
...
In his introduction to The Fortunes of Nigel he quotes Dryden's remark: "In short,
sir, you are of opinion with Bayes — 'What the devil does the plot signify, except
to bring in fine things?' " But it brought in things that were not so fine, things Scott
...
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The philosophical explanation high-lights the sentimentality; and when four
pages on Jude quotes Aeschylus: "Things are as they are, and will be brought to
their destined issue," we feel that, in this instance, the issue is being brought
about ...
The philosophical explanation high-lights the sentimentality; and when four
pages on Jude quotes Aeschylus: "Things are as they are, and will be brought to
their destined issue," we feel that, in this instance, the issue is being brought
about ...
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Contents
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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