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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... relation to God is not part of the substance of the novel ; but Lawrence poses the problem of human destiny in view of the fact that his characters cannot believe in God , so that religion , by its failure , defines the central problem ...
... relation to God is not part of the substance of the novel ; but Lawrence poses the problem of human destiny in view of the fact that his characters cannot believe in God , so that religion , by its failure , defines the central problem ...
Page 272
... relation to the public world of man's life in society seems not to be quite under his control . It is as though the realistic novel he seems to have set out to write , the novel that can stand as an acceptable paradigm of society , is ...
... relation to the public world of man's life in society seems not to be quite under his control . It is as though the realistic novel he seems to have set out to write , the novel that can stand as an acceptable paradigm of society , is ...
Page 306
... relation with Peyton . The recognition of this drives Helen into her almost insane jealousy of Peyton . And it is Peyton's participation in this incestuous relation which leads to the failure of her marriage , her promiscuity , her ...
... relation with Peyton . The recognition of this drives Helen into her almost insane jealousy of Peyton . And it is Peyton's participation in this incestuous relation which leads to the failure of her marriage , her promiscuity , her ...
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American | 65 |
The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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