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... past . This situation was explored in a brilliant novel by Muriel Spark , Memento Mori , which showed a sensitive yet witty aware- ness of the predicament of old people and struck a welcome blow against the customary assumption that ...
... past . This situation was explored in a brilliant novel by Muriel Spark , Memento Mori , which showed a sensitive yet witty aware- ness of the predicament of old people and struck a welcome blow against the customary assumption that ...
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... past , although he implies that the nouveau roman has satisfactorily made such a break . He dismisses out of hand all the traditional attributes of the novel - characters , story , atmosphere - which he sees as linked to an obsolete ...
... past , although he implies that the nouveau roman has satisfactorily made such a break . He dismisses out of hand all the traditional attributes of the novel - characters , story , atmosphere - which he sees as linked to an obsolete ...
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... past , and his feeling for myth , which he sees as overtaking history ; he has remarked , ' personal obsession must to a large extent in- fluence the facts you are choosing from in history , even if you can establish those facts ...
... past , and his feeling for myth , which he sees as overtaking history ; he has remarked , ' personal obsession must to a large extent in- fluence the facts you are choosing from in history , even if you can establish those facts ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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