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Page 191
... narrative as well as an object , that is to say , it is a tale that has been told ; even the most rigorously impersonal and dramatised piece of fiction was written by someone . Once this is recognised , one may then go on to argue that ...
... narrative as well as an object , that is to say , it is a tale that has been told ; even the most rigorously impersonal and dramatised piece of fiction was written by someone . Once this is recognised , one may then go on to argue that ...
Page 192
... narrative ' . In fact one may adapt Poe's remark about not all of a long poem being poetry , and say that not all of a novel is narrative . The directly reflective parts of Tom Jones are much more easily assimilated to , say , the ...
... narrative ' . In fact one may adapt Poe's remark about not all of a long poem being poetry , and say that not all of a novel is narrative . The directly reflective parts of Tom Jones are much more easily assimilated to , say , the ...
Page 205
... narrative section , and it is evident that much of Johnson's energy went into the stylistic innovations . Yet this novel showed that Johnson had unusual talents and some disconcerting and provocative ideas about the novel ; unlike most ...
... narrative section , and it is evident that much of Johnson's energy went into the stylistic innovations . Yet this novel showed that Johnson had unusual talents and some disconcerting and provocative ideas about the novel ; unlike most ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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