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Page 94
... universe and the university , which are stressed ad nauseum and beyond , there is another parallel , less obvious but equally significant , that * See Innovations , ed . Bergonzi , p . 179 n . † ' The Hoax That Joke Bilked ' , in ...
... universe and the university , which are stressed ad nauseum and beyond , there is another parallel , less obvious but equally significant , that * See Innovations , ed . Bergonzi , p . 179 n . † ' The Hoax That Joke Bilked ' , in ...
Page 168
... universe is not random , but that man and things are in the grip of a malign but perversely intelligent force . In this respect Amis is at the opposite pole to Alain Robbe - Grillet , who posits man and objects as existing in icy mutual ...
... universe is not random , but that man and things are in the grip of a malign but perversely intelligent force . In this respect Amis is at the opposite pole to Alain Robbe - Grillet , who posits man and objects as existing in icy mutual ...
Page 197
... universe is imagined as a vast , even infinite library where the whole of reality is contained in the books on the shelves . I have suggested that Borges may have influenced Pynchon , and this influence may extend to Barth , though I ...
... universe is imagined as a vast , even infinite library where the whole of reality is contained in the books on the shelves . I have suggested that Borges may have influenced Pynchon , and this influence may extend to Barth , though I ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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