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Page 91
But it is fantasy still rooted in the perception of the real, for Beckford's story of the
caliph Vathek's pursuit of knowledge and power, in the course of which, Faustlike
, he sells himself to the powers of evil, is a statement in fable of the author's own ...
But it is fantasy still rooted in the perception of the real, for Beckford's story of the
caliph Vathek's pursuit of knowledge and power, in the course of which, Faustlike
, he sells himself to the powers of evil, is a statement in fable of the author's own ...
Page 98
She is, for instance, probably the first novelist to use descriptions of natural
scenery as a matter of course, but she does not use them merely for decoration or
as backcloths; they have an emotional relationship to the characters who move ...
She is, for instance, probably the first novelist to use descriptions of natural
scenery as a matter of course, but she does not use them merely for decoration or
as backcloths; they have an emotional relationship to the characters who move ...
Page 163
And there was, of course, the occasional novel of distinction by a writer outside
the main tendencies of the age, the perennially delightful novel of Persian life,
J. J. Morier's The Adventures of Hajji Baba, for instance, which appeared in 1824,
...
And there was, of course, the occasional novel of distinction by a writer outside
the main tendencies of the age, the perennially delightful novel of Persian life,
J. J. Morier's The Adventures of Hajji Baba, for instance, which appeared in 1824,
...
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1955 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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