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... Forster concedes that Scott could tell a story - and then synopsizes The Antiquary in order to show how badly Scott did so . Forster is putting the current view of Scott ; and much of his case must be admired : Scott will never again be ...
... Forster concedes that Scott could tell a story - and then synopsizes The Antiquary in order to show how badly Scott did so . Forster is putting the current view of Scott ; and much of his case must be admired : Scott will never again be ...
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... Forster is a tragic humanist for whom man is justified by his self - awareness and by the fruits of his imagination ... Forster's villains are those who refuse to recognize , or betray , the holiness of the heart's affections . They are ...
... Forster is a tragic humanist for whom man is justified by his self - awareness and by the fruits of his imagination ... Forster's villains are those who refuse to recognize , or betray , the holiness of the heart's affections . They are ...
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... Forster's symbol always includes the life of impulse , of impulse even to brutishness and cruelty . We see this in his first novel Where Angels Fear to Tread ( 1905 ) , a book which in some respects strikingly anticipates Lawrence's ...
... Forster's symbol always includes the life of impulse , of impulse even to brutishness and cruelty . We see this in his first novel Where Angels Fear to Tread ( 1905 ) , a book which in some respects strikingly anticipates Lawrence's ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
Copyright | |
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