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 117
... human figure . The isolation that is every human being's is intensified for Benjy by his inarticulateness , but it is still a human isolation : " They came on . I opened the gate and they stopped , turning . I was trying to say , and I ...
... human figure . The isolation that is every human being's is intensified for Benjy by his inarticulateness , but it is still a human isolation : " They came on . I opened the gate and they stopped , turning . I was trying to say , and I ...
Page 120
... human . Caldwell's is the comedy of degradation , and it is probably the most squalid comedy that has ever been written . Caldwell creates a world in which human dignity does not exist , in which there are neither human rights nor human ...
... human . Caldwell's is the comedy of degradation , and it is probably the most squalid comedy that has ever been written . Caldwell creates a world in which human dignity does not exist , in which there are neither human rights nor human ...
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... human existence is going on , the common joys , anxieties and endurances . In The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter , Carson ... human . It is a novel of growing up and initiation , initiation , perhaps , into the acceptance of human limits ...
... human existence is going on , the common joys , anxieties and endurances . In The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter , Carson ... human . It is a novel of growing up and initiation , initiation , perhaps , into the acceptance of human limits ...
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The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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