The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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... value of individual expression and of individual experience . The ultimate question is whether a movement which , though compli- cated , is basically circular can have the same significance and value as a forward and linear movement ...
... value of individual expression and of individual experience . The ultimate question is whether a movement which , though compli- cated , is basically circular can have the same significance and value as a forward and linear movement ...
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... values , Harvey acknowledged , in a crucial passage , that such values may be on the wane : It may well be , of course , that we are moving towards a form of society where such a state of mind is no longer viable , that liberalism is a ...
... values , Harvey acknowledged , in a crucial passage , that such values may be on the wane : It may well be , of course , that we are moving towards a form of society where such a state of mind is no longer viable , that liberalism is a ...
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... values in a world increasingly threatened by the barbarians , who are personified in the uncouth young wartime officer , Hooper . Here , in Frank Kermode's words , ' the great houses of England become by an easy transition types of the ...
... values in a world increasingly threatened by the barbarians , who are personified in the uncouth young wartime officer , Hooper . Here , in Frank Kermode's words , ' the great houses of England become by an easy transition types of the ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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