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... instance , in his book on Genet , which attacks the narrowness and viciousness of the peasant community in which Genet grew up . This ' English ' attitude , which regards the ideal relation between the individual and the community as ...
... instance , in his book on Genet , which attacks the narrowness and viciousness of the peasant community in which Genet grew up . This ' English ' attitude , which regards the ideal relation between the individual and the community as ...
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... instance , Angus Wilson's skill as a social satirist whereas he is at bottom , I think , a novelist of horror , horror at cruelty and perhaps at final meaninglessness . We may eventually have to make something of the same adjust- ment ...
... instance , Angus Wilson's skill as a social satirist whereas he is at bottom , I think , a novelist of horror , horror at cruelty and perhaps at final meaninglessness . We may eventually have to make something of the same adjust- ment ...
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... instance , when one character has a heart - attack and Johnson illus- trates its effect with a blank page printed entirely in black . The novel contains a lively parade of stylistic improvisations , including passages printed as letters ...
... instance , when one character has a heart - attack and Johnson illus- trates its effect with a blank page printed entirely in black . The novel contains a lively parade of stylistic improvisations , including passages printed as letters ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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