Tradition and Dream: The English and American Novel from the Twenties to Our TimeDen engelske og amerikanske novelle fra 1920 til 1960 |
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... Jim Dixon , in Lucky Jim . Each is at odds with the society in which he finds himself , but Dixon much more superficially so . In INTRODUCTION XV.
... Jim Dixon , in Lucky Jim . Each is at odds with the society in which he finds himself , but Dixon much more superficially so . In INTRODUCTION XV.
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... Lucky Jim is not picaresque or even satire . Its relation to Hurry on down is probably much less apparent now than it was when it first appeared , but there are affinities between the novels and between the heroes and their attitudes ...
... Lucky Jim is not picaresque or even satire . Its relation to Hurry on down is probably much less apparent now than it was when it first appeared , but there are affinities between the novels and between the heroes and their attitudes ...
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... Lucky Jim strikes one now as very much a young man's novel . It is obviously not a realistic novel in any sense ; it is much more the comic expression of a young man's fears of what he may find when he goes out into the relatively ...
... Lucky Jim strikes one now as very much a young man's novel . It is obviously not a realistic novel in any sense ; it is much more the comic expression of a young man's fears of what he may find when he goes out into the relatively ...
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