The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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... ideology have to change together ; only those ele- ments that are positively required to change will change . Holloway's ambivalence about the English ideology indicates that it is one thing to describe and analyse it , and quite ...
... ideology have to change together ; only those ele- ments that are positively required to change will change . Holloway's ambivalence about the English ideology indicates that it is one thing to describe and analyse it , and quite ...
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... English have been remarkably fortunate in their his- tory - whatever their ... ideology in these terms is not to suggest that human nature is somehow ... English are as capable of cruelty and oppression as anyone else , provided it ...
... English have been remarkably fortunate in their his- tory - whatever their ... ideology in these terms is not to suggest that human nature is somehow ... English are as capable of cruelty and oppression as anyone else , provided it ...
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... ideology , although he is quick to detect and condemn such connections in ... English novelists , forcing his civil servants and businessmen and ... English ideology , which regards writing novels as something one just does , like ...
... ideology , although he is quick to detect and condemn such connections in ... English novelists , forcing his civil servants and businessmen and ... English ideology , which regards writing novels as something one just does , like ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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