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... less to librarians . It might be said that I am overemphasising the role of the book in the existence of the novel , and that the printed medium is no more than a notation , which should not be confused with the work itself , any more ...
... less to librarians . It might be said that I am overemphasising the role of the book in the existence of the novel , and that the printed medium is no more than a notation , which should not be confused with the work itself , any more ...
Page 37
... less sure of itself and more modest , perhaps because it has abandoned the idea of the omnipotence of the individual , but it is more ambitious too , as it looks beyond it . The exclusive cult of the ' human ' has given place to a ...
... less sure of itself and more modest , perhaps because it has abandoned the idea of the omnipotence of the individual , but it is more ambitious too , as it looks beyond it . The exclusive cult of the ' human ' has given place to a ...
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... less diagrammatic . One wishes that it had achieved the same reputation . The Wanting Seed appeared in 1962 , the same year as A Clock- work Orange , and is clearly the product of much the same im- aginative impulse . It is a less ...
... less diagrammatic . One wishes that it had achieved the same reputation . The Wanting Seed appeared in 1962 , the same year as A Clock- work Orange , and is clearly the product of much the same im- aginative impulse . It is a less ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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