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... social setting ' . It received a powerful impetus from the writings on art of Marx and Engels and of their followers who were committed to the notion that literature resembled other human activities in being adequately explained only by ...
... social setting ' . It received a powerful impetus from the writings on art of Marx and Engels and of their followers who were committed to the notion that literature resembled other human activities in being adequately explained only by ...
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... social structure and institutions . Second , more subtle and less easily obtained , information about values and attitudes . ' ( Fact in Fiction , RKP , 1974 , p . 4 ) ) . However , even in this case it is preferable to think in terms ...
... social structure and institutions . Second , more subtle and less easily obtained , information about values and attitudes . ' ( Fact in Fiction , RKP , 1974 , p . 4 ) ) . However , even in this case it is preferable to think in terms ...
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... social or political concern , on the other a willing- ness to rest content with an explanation of the social context of one particular text . Despite these flaws , social - cultural theories form the back- ground to much contemporary ...
... social or political concern , on the other a willing- ness to rest content with an explanation of the social context of one particular text . Despite these flaws , social - cultural theories form the back- ground to much contemporary ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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