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 57
... nature . ' ) which sets Myers apart from and against the majority of his contemporaries . Any way of life , any philosophy , that denied the essential goodness of human nature for him was evil . To his first novel , The Orrissers ...
... nature . ' ) which sets Myers apart from and against the majority of his contemporaries . Any way of life , any philosophy , that denied the essential goodness of human nature for him was evil . To his first novel , The Orrissers ...
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... nature possible in no other day - the day was inherent in the nature . Which must have always been true of lovers , if it had taken till now to be seen . The relation of people to one another is subject to the relation of each to time ...
... nature possible in no other day - the day was inherent in the nature . Which must have always been true of lovers , if it had taken till now to be seen . The relation of people to one another is subject to the relation of each to time ...
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... nature forced him to refuse the selfless act of dying . He continued to exist separately in a world composed of his own murderous nature . ' Pincher Martin is an exceedingly powerful sermon , almost medieval in its author's remorseless ...
... nature forced him to refuse the selfless act of dying . He continued to exist separately in a world composed of his own murderous nature . ' Pincher Martin is an exceedingly powerful sermon , almost medieval in its author's remorseless ...
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The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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