The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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Page 7
... book of some English novel- ists who have been active in the last twenty years , I have become increasingly aware that to write about modern English fiction is also , in some measure , to attempt to define what it means to be English at ...
... book of some English novel- ists who have been active in the last twenty years , I have become increasingly aware that to write about modern English fiction is also , in some measure , to attempt to define what it means to be English at ...
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... English novel the tone is gentler , and the stress is on the ties of affection and community , radiating outwards from the family to the larger social grouping . If Rastig- nac's farewell characterises the French novel , then a ...
... English novel the tone is gentler , and the stress is on the ties of affection and community , radiating outwards from the family to the larger social grouping . If Rastig- nac's farewell characterises the French novel , then a ...
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... novel is set in an English country house , where a body called the Identity Club is holding its annual meeting . In some ways it reflects the conditions of the late forties and early fifties , a period of ration - books and identity ...
... novel is set in an English country house , where a body called the Identity Club is holding its annual meeting . In some ways it reflects the conditions of the late forties and early fifties , a period of ration - books and identity ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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