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... contemporary novelist ; he has inherited a form whose principal characteristic is novelty , or stylistic dynamism ... contemporary avant - garde , William Bur- roughs : at least The Naked Lunch looks very like a detailed extra- polation ...
... contemporary novelist ; he has inherited a form whose principal characteristic is novelty , or stylistic dynamism ... contemporary avant - garde , William Bur- roughs : at least The Naked Lunch looks very like a detailed extra- polation ...
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... contemporary totalitari- anism , whether exercised by direct political control , or forms of media or thought control : in so far as western democratic societies have become increasingly totalitarian it is largely by the latter devices ...
... contemporary totalitari- anism , whether exercised by direct political control , or forms of media or thought control : in so far as western democratic societies have become increasingly totalitarian it is largely by the latter devices ...
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... contemporary novelist who could be read with unaffected and wholehearted interest , the only one who never had to be apologised for or excused on the grounds of changing taste . And how enviable to live in the world of his novels ...
... contemporary novelist who could be read with unaffected and wholehearted interest , the only one who never had to be apologised for or excused on the grounds of changing taste . And how enviable to live in the world of his novels ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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