The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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Page 17
... inevitably historicist and teleologi- cal ; the early masters of the novel are seen as imperfectly pointing towards ... inevitable involvement with ' ends ' ; it is very much part of the critical attitude that we associate with James and ...
... inevitably historicist and teleologi- cal ; the early masters of the novel are seen as imperfectly pointing towards ... inevitable involvement with ' ends ' ; it is very much part of the critical attitude that we associate with James and ...
Page 45
... inevitable distortions and refractions that go with it , inevitably remains , though the achievement of the great novelist is to narrow it con- siderably , and to persuade us that it has disappeared . - - These dilemmas spring from a ...
... inevitable distortions and refractions that go with it , inevitably remains , though the achievement of the great novelist is to narrow it con- siderably , and to persuade us that it has disappeared . - - These dilemmas spring from a ...
Page 133
... inevitably associate with the dance . III Any discussion of The Music of Time inevitably invites comparison with C. P. Snow's rival and longer - established enterprise , - - Strangers and Brothers , which , at the time of LOOKING ...
... inevitably associate with the dance . III Any discussion of The Music of Time inevitably invites comparison with C. P. Snow's rival and longer - established enterprise , - - Strangers and Brothers , which , at the time of LOOKING ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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