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... society ' implies the use of social and historical and other ' external evidence ' to cast light on the text - the study and evaluation of the text as an end in itself being paramount . Unfortunately ' novel and society ' has ceased to ...
... society ' implies the use of social and historical and other ' external evidence ' to cast light on the text - the study and evaluation of the text as an end in itself being paramount . Unfortunately ' novel and society ' has ceased to ...
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... society . The typical novel hero is idealistically seeking ' true ' values in a world dominated by degraded ones . Interpreted in Marxist terms , the novel is a development of bourgeois society and its ideology of ' individualism ...
... society . The typical novel hero is idealistically seeking ' true ' values in a world dominated by degraded ones . Interpreted in Marxist terms , the novel is a development of bourgeois society and its ideology of ' individualism ...
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... society ( e.g. land - owning feudalism or industrial capitalism ) . ( 2 ) The Literary Mode of Production ( LMP ) : in any society there are a number of ways in which literature ' is transmitted from ' author ' to ' audience ' but one ...
... society ( e.g. land - owning feudalism or industrial capitalism ) . ( 2 ) The Literary Mode of Production ( LMP ) : in any society there are a number of ways in which literature ' is transmitted from ' author ' to ' audience ' but one ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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