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... Last and First Men ( 1930 ) . While its cosmology and religious attitudes bear little resemblance to those of Paradise Lost , its narrative strategies and its emphasis on the reader's education place Last and First Men squarely within ...
... Last and First Men ( 1930 ) . While its cosmology and religious attitudes bear little resemblance to those of Paradise Lost , its narrative strategies and its emphasis on the reader's education place Last and First Men squarely within ...
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... Last Man describes his role : The actual writer [ of Last and First Men ] thinks he is merely contriving a work of fiction . Though he seeks to tell a plausible story , he neither believes it himself , nor expects others to believe it ...
... Last Man describes his role : The actual writer [ of Last and First Men ] thinks he is merely contriving a work of fiction . Though he seeks to tell a plausible story , he neither believes it himself , nor expects others to believe it ...
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... Last and First Men , which concludes with a ref- erence to human history as " this brief music that is man " ( 16 : 246 ) . The narration describes " the human symphony " ( 7 : 109 , 14 : 205 ) , in which the modern era is one of the ...
... Last and First Men , which concludes with a ref- erence to human history as " this brief music that is man " ( 16 : 246 ) . The narration describes " the human symphony " ( 7 : 109 , 14 : 205 ) , in which the modern era is one of the ...
Contents
Bülent Somay Towards an OpenEnded Utopia | 25 |
REVIEW ARTICLES | 61 |
Philmus Undertaking Stapledon | 71 |
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