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... modern writers . It's a kind of joke on myself in a way . The basic idea which provokes the parodies in the book is that the hero is a student of modern literature who's so steeped in modern literature that everything that happens to ...
... modern writers . It's a kind of joke on myself in a way . The basic idea which provokes the parodies in the book is that the hero is a student of modern literature who's so steeped in modern literature that everything that happens to ...
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... modern literature ' ( Writers at Work : Third Series , 1967 : p . 180 ) . The adverb is significant , and shows how different Bellow's position is from that of the continental or American avant - gardists . He identified himself with ...
... modern literature ' ( Writers at Work : Third Series , 1967 : p . 180 ) . The adverb is significant , and shows how different Bellow's position is from that of the continental or American avant - gardists . He identified himself with ...
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... . He has also published a book of poems and has edited the Sphere History of Literature in the English Language . Critical Essays in Modern Literature eat Britain The Critical Essays in Modern Literature Series Bergonzi , The.
... . He has also published a book of poems and has edited the Sphere History of Literature in the English Language . Critical Essays in Modern Literature eat Britain The Critical Essays in Modern Literature Series Bergonzi , The.
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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