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... scarcely exists ; the story is merely a string of incidents and intrigues of which Wilton is the hero , and the incidents described are pure sensationalism , an ' exposure ' of the wickedness of Renaissance Italy as the Elizabethan ...
... scarcely exists ; the story is merely a string of incidents and intrigues of which Wilton is the hero , and the incidents described are pure sensationalism , an ' exposure ' of the wickedness of Renaissance Italy as the Elizabethan ...
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... scarcely be questioned when one remembers the charac- ters of the novel , those sharp , scathing sketches of the money- conscious , the Veneerings , Podsnap , Fledgeby , the Lammles . Any account of Dickens is inadequate . He is the ...
... scarcely be questioned when one remembers the charac- ters of the novel , those sharp , scathing sketches of the money- conscious , the Veneerings , Podsnap , Fledgeby , the Lammles . Any account of Dickens is inadequate . He is the ...
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... scarcely exists in Hardy . His characters stand in relation to other things , the weather , the seasons , a traditional craft . He sees his characters much as Scott does his , first in their generic aspects : thus , before he is ...
... scarcely exists in Hardy . His characters stand in relation to other things , the weather , the seasons , a traditional craft . He sees his characters much as Scott does his , first in their generic aspects : thus , before he is ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
Copyright | |
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