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... instance , who are always subsidiary to the main action , lie Shakespeare's rustic characters . In the same way we see his heroines , those of the romantic comedies especially , behind Fielding's and Meredith's . And so long as ...
... instance , who are always subsidiary to the main action , lie Shakespeare's rustic characters . In the same way we see his heroines , those of the romantic comedies especially , behind Fielding's and Meredith's . And so long as ...
Page 168
... instance of this process . When he comes out with such a magnificently comic phrase as ' Since I called upon you that evening when you were , as I may say , floating your powerful mind in tea , ' we feel that the current of satire , of ...
... instance of this process . When he comes out with such a magnificently comic phrase as ' Since I called upon you that evening when you were , as I may say , floating your powerful mind in tea , ' we feel that the current of satire , of ...
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... instances of symbolism in the novel ; sometimes , for instance , it emerges as an extraordinary intensification of atmosphere , as in the descriptions of Dombey's house . Even in Dombey and Son , we are in the presence of a rich texture ...
... instances of symbolism in the novel ; sometimes , for instance , it emerges as an extraordinary intensification of atmosphere , as in the descriptions of Dombey's house . Even in Dombey and Son , we are in the presence of a rich texture ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
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