The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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Page 77
... certainly on , and Gog is certainly to do with it , as a man seeks for his own identity from some mytho- logical tradition . For instance , I do not understand why every child in this country is not given Geoffrey of Monmouth's History ...
... certainly on , and Gog is certainly to do with it , as a man seeks for his own identity from some mytho- logical tradition . For instance , I do not understand why every child in this country is not given Geoffrey of Monmouth's History ...
Page 97
... Certainly Pynchon seems to have indulged in a great deal of freewheeling improvisation in the early part of his novel , especially in the scenes dealing with Benny Profane , an amiable layabout looking for work in New York , and his ...
... Certainly Pynchon seems to have indulged in a great deal of freewheeling improvisation in the early part of his novel , especially in the scenes dealing with Benny Profane , an amiable layabout looking for work in New York , and his ...
Page 111
... certainly drenched with nostalgia and quite possibly disordered , of Charles Ryder . And Ryder is , un- fortunately , one of Waugh's least interesting characters : weak , sentimental , snobbish . Even such a devoted admirer of Waugh's ...
... certainly drenched with nostalgia and quite possibly disordered , of Charles Ryder . And Ryder is , un- fortunately , one of Waugh's least interesting characters : weak , sentimental , snobbish . Even such a devoted admirer of Waugh's ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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