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... given range of possibilities . Here we have a perfect instance of what Meyer calls a ' fluctuating stasis ' , taking place within an extensive but closed system of cul- tural references . At one point Meyer implicitly answers Ortega's ...
... given range of possibilities . Here we have a perfect instance of what Meyer calls a ' fluctuating stasis ' , taking place within an extensive but closed system of cul- tural references . At one point Meyer implicitly answers Ortega's ...
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... given to questions of style or construction . Irving Howe has summed this difference up very well . After stressing that ' the very best American writers always are involved in defining the terms of their own existence ' he remarks ...
... given to questions of style or construction . Irving Howe has summed this difference up very well . After stressing that ' the very best American writers always are involved in defining the terms of their own existence ' he remarks ...
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... given Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain to read ... ( Ibid . ) Sinclair's enthusiasm for the British legends is infectious , and they are coupled in his admiration with Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill , which contains ...
... given Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain to read ... ( Ibid . ) Sinclair's enthusiasm for the British legends is infectious , and they are coupled in his admiration with Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill , which contains ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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