The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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... genre is an unhappy task which the critic will naturally avoid if he can , yet the opinion is now an established one and has a very considerable authority . ( The Liberal Imagination , 1961 : p . 255 ) Ortega y Gasset remarked in The ...
... genre is an unhappy task which the critic will naturally avoid if he can , yet the opinion is now an established one and has a very considerable authority . ( The Liberal Imagination , 1961 : p . 255 ) Ortega y Gasset remarked in The ...
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... genre ' when discussing the novel . This is a significant usage , since in its origins the novel was marked precisely by its freedom from genre and estab- lished literary convention generally . If one believes that the novel offers ...
... genre ' when discussing the novel . This is a significant usage , since in its origins the novel was marked precisely by its freedom from genre and estab- lished literary convention generally . If one believes that the novel offers ...
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... genre than parody . Yet the story soon developed its own particular energies , and Fielding's original limited intention was abandoned . After Joseph Andrews Fielding wrote Tom Jones , where a neo- classical epic framework scarcely ...
... genre than parody . Yet the story soon developed its own particular energies , and Fielding's original limited intention was abandoned . After Joseph Andrews Fielding wrote Tom Jones , where a neo- classical epic framework scarcely ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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