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... seems to devalue all mental activity as merely ' superstructural ' , would seem to encourage a ' reductive ' approach to fiction , demoting it to a simple reflex of social and economic relationships with no intrinsic value or dynamic of ...
... seems to devalue all mental activity as merely ' superstructural ' , would seem to encourage a ' reductive ' approach to fiction , demoting it to a simple reflex of social and economic relationships with no intrinsic value or dynamic of ...
Page 135
... seems to contradict Grimwig's nature as a benefactor . Sometimes the demands of the serial format and Dickens's improvisatory approach to it left flaws and contradictions in the writing . Critics have attacked Oliver Twist for its ...
... seems to contradict Grimwig's nature as a benefactor . Sometimes the demands of the serial format and Dickens's improvisatory approach to it left flaws and contradictions in the writing . Critics have attacked Oliver Twist for its ...
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... seems to incorporate less material than eventually went into the two - volume edition . Since , as we have seen , three- volume novels were felt to carry most prestige , the omission of certain items from the original plan seems to ...
... seems to incorporate less material than eventually went into the two - volume edition . Since , as we have seen , three- volume novels were felt to carry most prestige , the omission of certain items from the original plan seems to ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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