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Page 33
... given range of possibilities . Here we have a perfect instance of what Meyer calls a ' fluctuating stasis ' , taking place within an extensive but closed system of cul- tural references . At one point Meyer implicitly answers Ortega's ...
... given range of possibilities . Here we have a perfect instance of what Meyer calls a ' fluctuating stasis ' , taking place within an extensive but closed system of cul- tural references . At one point Meyer implicitly answers Ortega's ...
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... given hierarchical relation with other men ( the concept of ' society ' not being invented until the end of the eighteenth cen- tury ) , with his physical environment and with God . The relation is essentially a harmonious one , with a ...
... given hierarchical relation with other men ( the concept of ' society ' not being invented until the end of the eighteenth cen- tury ) , with his physical environment and with God . The relation is essentially a harmonious one , with a ...
Page 68
... given to questions of style or construction . Irving Howe has summed this difference up very well . After stressing that ' the very best American writers always are involved in defining the terms of their own existence ' he remarks : By ...
... given to questions of style or construction . Irving Howe has summed this difference up very well . After stressing that ' the very best American writers always are involved in defining the terms of their own existence ' he remarks : By ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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