The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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... remarked , ' surely fiction publishing is the only form of cultural life where intelligent and serious - minded men and women make available to the public bad works of art , knowing them to be bad and knowing also that they will lose ...
... remarked , ' surely fiction publishing is the only form of cultural life where intelligent and serious - minded men and women make available to the public bad works of art , knowing them to be bad and knowing also that they will lose ...
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... remarked that it ' lost me such esteem as I once enjoyed among my contemporaries ' . This lush , nostalgic story of an aristocratic Catholic family between the wars , seen through the eyes of an all too obviously fascinated hanger - on ...
... remarked that it ' lost me such esteem as I once enjoyed among my contemporaries ' . This lush , nostalgic story of an aristocratic Catholic family between the wars , seen through the eyes of an all too obviously fascinated hanger - on ...
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... remarked , with Nominalist primness , ' in every serious discussion much time has to be spent in redefining common terms like " Love " , " justice " , " freedom ” ' . ) Bur- gess's conservatism does not stem from any pattern of ...
... remarked , with Nominalist primness , ' in every serious discussion much time has to be spent in redefining common terms like " Love " , " justice " , " freedom ” ' . ) Bur- gess's conservatism does not stem from any pattern of ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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