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Scholars have tracked down works that may have influenced Bunyan and he may
conceivably have read. They do not matter in the least: Bunyan was a
transcendent genius, the first to appear in English prose fiction of any kind, and
his work is ...
Scholars have tracked down works that may have influenced Bunyan and he may
conceivably have read. They do not matter in the least: Bunyan was a
transcendent genius, the first to appear in English prose fiction of any kind, and
his work is ...
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53 Tom Jones, 53-62 Amelia, 59-62 and caricature, 64-65 influence on Jane
Austen, 116 Fifth Queen trilogy, The, 394 Finnegans Wake, 424 Firbank, Ronald,
92 First Men in the Moon, The, 377 Flaubert, Gustave, 108, 115, 154, " r&i, 254,
275, ...
53 Tom Jones, 53-62 Amelia, 59-62 and caricature, 64-65 influence on Jane
Austen, 116 Fifth Queen trilogy, The, 394 Finnegans Wake, 424 Firbank, Ronald,
92 First Men in the Moon, The, 377 Flaubert, Gustave, 108, 115, 154, " r&i, 254,
275, ...
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... 326 Novel, English (general aspects): origins, and influences of Elizabethan
drama, 3-5 influence of Shakespeare, 7 of Elizabethan period, 7-14 imitation of
French in 17th century, 14-15 “character' writings and other 17th century
influences, ...
... 326 Novel, English (general aspects): origins, and influences of Elizabethan
drama, 3-5 influence of Shakespeare, 7 of Elizabethan period, 7-14 imitation of
French in 17th century, 14-15 “character' writings and other 17th century
influences, ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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