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... particular socio - economic group ( the middle classes ) by writers who were often though not exclusively from that same group . It is an idea which deserves a full and rigorous examination since it has tended to thread through all the ...
... particular socio - economic group ( the middle classes ) by writers who were often though not exclusively from that same group . It is an idea which deserves a full and rigorous examination since it has tended to thread through all the ...
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... particular nature of Austen's class background and its implications have been examined by Terry Lovell , in an essay which expresses dissatisfaction with the standard ' middle - class origins ' theory of the novel because of its ...
... particular nature of Austen's class background and its implications have been examined by Terry Lovell , in an essay which expresses dissatisfaction with the standard ' middle - class origins ' theory of the novel because of its ...
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... particular readers value certain texts at particular periods and in particular social environments . Reformulating the role of value makes it possible to dispense with the distinction between literary texts which ' have value ...
... particular readers value certain texts at particular periods and in particular social environments . Reformulating the role of value makes it possible to dispense with the distinction between literary texts which ' have value ...
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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