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Page 136
... Snow's case it is peculiarly paradoxical , for it implies that whereas in science change is inevitable , in literature it is undesirable , thus separating the two cultures with a vengeance . Snow may , in prin- ciple , adhere to a view ...
... Snow's case it is peculiarly paradoxical , for it implies that whereas in science change is inevitable , in literature it is undesirable , thus separating the two cultures with a vengeance . Snow may , in prin- ciple , adhere to a view ...
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... Snow's work , Stephen Wall , has objected to the association of Snow with Trollope : ' C. P. Snow is sometimes said to be the new Trollope : if only he were . If only he had Trollope's curiosity , his empathy , his realistic assessment ...
... Snow's work , Stephen Wall , has objected to the association of Snow with Trollope : ' C. P. Snow is sometimes said to be the new Trollope : if only he were . If only he had Trollope's curiosity , his empathy , his realistic assessment ...
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... Snow's gifts , in short , are quite inadequate , and are employed with a striking unawareness of their inadequacy , to meet the ambitious demands of his fictional enterprise . Snow himself has made it clear that although Strangers and ...
... Snow's gifts , in short , are quite inadequate , and are employed with a striking unawareness of their inadequacy , to meet the ambitious demands of his fictional enterprise . Snow himself has made it clear that although Strangers and ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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