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Page 202
... women and of sex was concerned . For a novelist purporting to give a realistic representation of men and women in society , this was fatal . His was truly a crippled talent ; for this the age cannot be blamed , though the effects of his ...
... women and of sex was concerned . For a novelist purporting to give a realistic representation of men and women in society , this was fatal . His was truly a crippled talent ; for this the age cannot be blamed , though the effects of his ...
Page 203
... woman , " however moronic , Thackeray's satire is suspended in favor of his sentimentality . Professor Greig , in his Thackeray . A Reconsideration , convincingly lays bare the sources of Thackeray's inhibi- tion . When dealing with women ...
... woman , " however moronic , Thackeray's satire is suspended in favor of his sentimentality . Professor Greig , in his Thackeray . A Reconsideration , convincingly lays bare the sources of Thackeray's inhibi- tion . When dealing with women ...
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... women Gissing reserved his fullest sympathy ; his range of women characters is considerably greater than that of his men . But he distinguishes very carefully be- tween women . He writes in Born in Exile : " Godwin was one of those upon ...
... women Gissing reserved his fullest sympathy ; his range of women characters is considerably greater than that of his men . But he distinguishes very carefully be- tween women . He writes in Born in Exile : " Godwin was one of those upon ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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