The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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... music or a printed poem in poetry . There are large aesthetic questions hovering round this problem , which I am reluc- tant to raise , but the novel does seem to me different from music or poetry in certain essential respects . The ...
... music or a printed poem in poetry . There are large aesthetic questions hovering round this problem , which I am reluc- tant to raise , but the novel does seem to me different from music or poetry in certain essential respects . The ...
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... Music of Time is , in essence , a vast intricate collection of anecodotes , some of them as brief and cryptic as this reference to Undershaft ( although in such cases the story may well be elaborated in later volumes ) , others of them ...
... Music of Time is , in essence , a vast intricate collection of anecodotes , some of them as brief and cryptic as this reference to Undershaft ( although in such cases the story may well be elaborated in later volumes ) , others of them ...
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... Music of Time have appeared , sufficient to give one some idea both of the extent of Powell's achievement and of its limitations . Since the work is one continuous novel , Powell's custom of publishing a fresh volume every two years ...
... Music of Time have appeared , sufficient to give one some idea both of the extent of Powell's achievement and of its limitations . Since the work is one continuous novel , Powell's custom of publishing a fresh volume every two years ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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