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... identity . The first of these is Nigel Dennis's Cards of Identity , published in 1955 and surely one of the most bril- liant novels of its decade . I had thought that its reputation was firmly established , but it may be declining ; I ...
... identity . The first of these is Nigel Dennis's Cards of Identity , published in 1955 and surely one of the most bril- liant novels of its decade . I had thought that its reputation was firmly established , but it may be declining ; I ...
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... Identity . ) Nigel Dennis's novel is set in an English country house , where a body called the Identity Club is holding its annual meeting . In some ways it reflects the conditions of the late forties and early fifties , a period of ...
... Identity . ) Nigel Dennis's novel is set in an English country house , where a body called the Identity Club is holding its annual meeting . In some ways it reflects the conditions of the late forties and early fifties , a period of ...
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... identity in a way that is at once more personal and less culturally specific than in Cards of Identity , though it is an equally distinguished work . The subject could not be more restricted : during a war between two unnamed powers a ...
... identity in a way that is at once more personal and less culturally specific than in Cards of Identity , though it is an equally distinguished work . The subject could not be more restricted : during a war between two unnamed powers a ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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