The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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Page 60
... English for their own good , we have , I think , a remarkably clear example of the moralised consciousness that he analyses so effectively . I think it is possible , even probable , that the English - who are by no means incapable of ...
... English for their own good , we have , I think , a remarkably clear example of the moralised consciousness that he analyses so effectively . I think it is possible , even probable , that the English - who are by no means incapable of ...
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... English public life . Compared with other nations , the English are a remarkably innocent people , who scarcely know what violence , crime or civil disorder is : many American cities have as high an annual murder rate as the whole of ...
... English public life . Compared with other nations , the English are a remarkably innocent people , who scarcely know what violence , crime or civil disorder is : many American cities have as high an annual murder rate as the whole of ...
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... English universities Depart- ments of American Studies , of a thoroughly divisive kind , where American literature is separated from English literature , and Ameri- can history or politics from any other history or politics . To the English ...
... English universities Depart- ments of American Studies , of a thoroughly divisive kind , where American literature is separated from English literature , and Ameri- can history or politics from any other history or politics . To the English ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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