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... evidence about some well - known nineteenth - century novels . They have a general as well as a particular significance for each text : ( 1 ) Two distinct texts of Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles exist , differing in literally ...
... evidence about some well - known nineteenth - century novels . They have a general as well as a particular significance for each text : ( 1 ) Two distinct texts of Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles exist , differing in literally ...
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... evidence from historians and economists about the overall social context of the period in which the genre was launched . Despite flaws in the argu- ments advanced by Ian Watt and others there is considerable evidence to support the view ...
... evidence from historians and economists about the overall social context of the period in which the genre was launched . Despite flaws in the argu- ments advanced by Ian Watt and others there is considerable evidence to support the view ...
Page 116
... evidence is that the average annual income of a lower - middle class family rose from £ 90 in 1851 to £ 110 in 1881. ( English Common Reader p . 306 ) It is probably true to say therefore that Suvin's proposition of a very restricted ...
... evidence is that the average annual income of a lower - middle class family rose from £ 90 in 1851 to £ 110 in 1881. ( English Common Reader p . 306 ) It is probably true to say therefore that Suvin's proposition of a very restricted ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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