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All things and modes of action shape themselves anew in the being of Milton ; while Shakespeare becomes all things , yet for ever remaining himself . ” In this contrast Coleridge is isolating two permanent and opposed kinds of creative ...
All things and modes of action shape themselves anew in the being of Milton ; while Shakespeare becomes all things , yet for ever remaining himself . ” In this contrast Coleridge is isolating two permanent and opposed kinds of creative ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History |
| 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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