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Page 43
... bourgeoisie but aspire to values it rejects . Novels usually take a biographical form , following the fortunes of a hero through time and space . However , in the traditional novel this central figure is subject to stress and conflict ...
... bourgeoisie but aspire to values it rejects . Novels usually take a biographical form , following the fortunes of a hero through time and space . However , in the traditional novel this central figure is subject to stress and conflict ...
Page 66
... bourgeoisie . For Richardson's novels are not mere images of conflicts fought out on another terrain , representations of a history which happens elsewhere ; they are themselves a material part of those struggles , pitched standards ...
... bourgeoisie . For Richardson's novels are not mere images of conflicts fought out on another terrain , representations of a history which happens elsewhere ; they are themselves a material part of those struggles , pitched standards ...
Page 80
... bourgeoisie , revealing their true unity of interest . Lovelace ... represents a cynical Hobbesian deflation of middle - class sentimental hypocrisy ; but having used him to discredit that ideology , the novel will then use Clarissa in ...
... bourgeoisie , revealing their true unity of interest . Lovelace ... represents a cynical Hobbesian deflation of middle - class sentimental hypocrisy ; but having used him to discredit that ideology , the novel will then use Clarissa in ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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The Framework of Fiction: Socio-cultural Approaches to the Novel John Bull No preview available - 1988 |
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