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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Page 44
... action among the essays , as it were . It was not really difficult , having chosen such illustrations of action , to show that all action ends in evil and that the only thing to do is to refuse to act at all . From the beginning - one ...
... action among the essays , as it were . It was not really difficult , having chosen such illustrations of action , to show that all action ends in evil and that the only thing to do is to refuse to act at all . From the beginning - one ...
Page 119
... action of the novel begins - for burial in Jefferson . It is , admittedly , macabre comedy , shirking nothing of the ... action - the one limited , specific , obsessive action — is purposeless . The comedy arises , I suppose , from the ...
... action of the novel begins - for burial in Jefferson . It is , admittedly , macabre comedy , shirking nothing of the ... action - the one limited , specific , obsessive action — is purposeless . The comedy arises , I suppose , from the ...
Page 305
... action narrated and the myth on which it is based neither mirror nor illuminate each other ; and the moral intention of the book is rendered in terms so shadowy and bizarre as to make it im- possible for it to be taken seriously ...
... action narrated and the myth on which it is based neither mirror nor illuminate each other ; and the moral intention of the book is rendered in terms so shadowy and bizarre as to make it im- possible for it to be taken seriously ...
Contents
British I | 1 |
American | 65 |
The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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