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Page 102
... historical novel ' , asserted the Anglo - Australian writer , Jack Lindsay , in New Masses in 1937 , ' is a form that has a limitless future as a fighting weapon and as a cultural instrument'.106 The imaginative recreation of the ...
... historical novel ' , asserted the Anglo - Australian writer , Jack Lindsay , in New Masses in 1937 , ' is a form that has a limitless future as a fighting weapon and as a cultural instrument'.106 The imaginative recreation of the ...
Page 106
... historical novels have been romans - à- clef in which contemporary characters appear — but there is an imag- inative limit . In this particular novel Bruno is a clearly identified historical figure , whose actions and ideas are ( at the ...
... historical novels have been romans - à- clef in which contemporary characters appear — but there is an imag- inative limit . In this particular novel Bruno is a clearly identified historical figure , whose actions and ideas are ( at the ...
Page 138
... historical structure beneath the apparently unconnected events and lives . But whereas his historical fiction relied on historical documents , Lindsay has here used the active aid of the workers ; like Naomi Mitchison in the thirties ...
... historical structure beneath the apparently unconnected events and lives . But whereas his historical fiction relied on historical documents , Lindsay has here used the active aid of the workers ; like Naomi Mitchison in the thirties ...
Contents
The Philanthropists of Mugsborough | 27 |
At Last the British are Coming | 48 |
The MiddleClass Dilemma | 79 |
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