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... described by Martin Green in his A Mirror for Anglo - Saxons . In this chapter I shall take for granted much of the basic critical discussion about the Americanness of American literature : the ground has already been well covered by ...
... described by Martin Green in his A Mirror for Anglo - Saxons . In this chapter I shall take for granted much of the basic critical discussion about the Americanness of American literature : the ground has already been well covered by ...
Page 100
... described as extended puns on the different senses of the word ' plot ' . The latter novel may indeed be , as Paul West implies , a penetrating portrait of society ( at least , of contemporary Californian society ) , but it is also a ...
... described as extended puns on the different senses of the word ' plot ' . The latter novel may indeed be , as Paul West implies , a penetrating portrait of society ( at least , of contemporary Californian society ) , but it is also a ...
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... described this situation in her early fiction , and Mr Liben must have been similarly involved , although he seems to have waited longer before writing about it . His manner is very much his own ; cool but not to the point of coldness ...
... described this situation in her early fiction , and Mr Liben must have been similarly involved , although he seems to have waited longer before writing about it . His manner is very much his own ; cool but not to the point of coldness ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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