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... Realism can mean almost anything , but here it means the felt presence of a powerful analytic mind standing outside the scene and selecting the details to name ; that mind's action is entirely concealed , since all the action is ...
... Realism can mean almost anything , but here it means the felt presence of a powerful analytic mind standing outside the scene and selecting the details to name ; that mind's action is entirely concealed , since all the action is ...
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... realism , identified with all that was anti - imperialist in British life . GEORGE ORWELL The other author we can associate with the early Amis is George Orwell . I have pointed out that the latter was the object of great admiration by ...
... realism , identified with all that was anti - imperialist in British life . GEORGE ORWELL The other author we can associate with the early Amis is George Orwell . I have pointed out that the latter was the object of great admiration by ...
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... realism . His audience had been his generation of young men ; but now his performance began to appeal to men of power and position , like Kipling's and Waugh's . Looking back , of course one sees certain signs even in Lucky Jim of what ...
... realism . His audience had been his generation of young men ; but now his performance began to appeal to men of power and position , like Kipling's and Waugh's . Looking back , of course one sees certain signs even in Lucky Jim of what ...
Contents
1 THE EMPIRE AND THE ADVENTURE | 1 |
THE EMPIRE | 16 |
THE SISTERS | 46 |
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