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Page xii
... minds at the turn of the century ; and is associated above all with Kipling . That association was paradoxical ... mind from Lawrence and Joyce ; loyalty to them almost precludes sympathy with him . But those were rather than are ...
... minds at the turn of the century ; and is associated above all with Kipling . That association was paradoxical ... mind from Lawrence and Joyce ; loyalty to them almost precludes sympathy with him . But those were rather than are ...
Page xix
... minds , and to go back to the old ideals . Once the empire had been brought to mind , it could not be forgotten , and writers could not regain their inno- cence . Indeed , at the level of commercial success , of readership , Kipling's ...
... minds , and to go back to the old ideals . Once the empire had been brought to mind , it could not be forgotten , and writers could not regain their inno- cence . Indeed , at the level of commercial success , of readership , Kipling's ...
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... mind standing outside the scene and selecting the details to name ; that mind's action is entirely concealed , since all the action is dramatized and objectified , but it is acutely felt . But I want especially to point to the ...
... mind standing outside the scene and selecting the details to name ; that mind's action is entirely concealed , since all the action is dramatized and objectified , but it is acutely felt . But I want especially to point to the ...
Contents
1 THE EMPIRE AND THE ADVENTURE | 1 |
THE EMPIRE | 16 |
THE SISTERS | 46 |
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