The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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Page 19
... Proust and Joyce and the other masters of the early twentieth century have , in Cyril Connolly's words , ' finished off the novel ' , and yet where there are very strong cultural and sociological reasons , ranging from the dedication ...
... Proust and Joyce and the other masters of the early twentieth century have , in Cyril Connolly's words , ' finished off the novel ' , and yet where there are very strong cultural and sociological reasons , ranging from the dedication ...
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... Proust , which offered opportunities for the ever greater and more leisurely contemplation of character , even if at the ex- pense of dramatically interesting action . And in so far as Proust like Joyce - represented the culmination of ...
... Proust , which offered opportunities for the ever greater and more leisurely contemplation of character , even if at the ex- pense of dramatically interesting action . And in so far as Proust like Joyce - represented the culmination of ...
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... Proust , at least if one regards a good deal of A la recherche du temps perdu as being much more comic than many commenta- tors like to allow for ; but it is no part of my present intention to defend Proust against John Bayley's ...
... Proust , at least if one regards a good deal of A la recherche du temps perdu as being much more comic than many commenta- tors like to allow for ; but it is no part of my present intention to defend Proust against John Bayley's ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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