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else , but they were not available to the emergent American writer . Indeed , the complex kinds of traditional authority that Nature implies were specifically disowned by the American idea and left out of the American dream .
else , but they were not available to the emergent American writer . Indeed , the complex kinds of traditional authority that Nature implies were specifically disowned by the American idea and left out of the American dream .
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The way in which the popularity of American culture co - exists with a loathing of American political behaviour is ... In America writers take greater risks , still attempting to assume bardic or prophetic responsibilities , to run for ...
The way in which the popularity of American culture co - exists with a loathing of American political behaviour is ... In America writers take greater risks , still attempting to assume bardic or prophetic responsibilities , to run for ...
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comes to making any such judgements ; and judgements will , in any case , not be encouraged , for any specimen of American writing , no matter how wretchedly bad , can be pressed into service in the interests of the unified American ...
comes to making any such judgements ; and judgements will , in any case , not be encouraged , for any specimen of American writing , no matter how wretchedly bad , can be pressed into service in the interests of the unified American ...
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Situation of the Novel |
| Author | Bernard Bergonzi |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1970 |
| ISBN | 0822932148, 9780822932147 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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