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Page 58
It does not come easily to English lips, though it has respectable antecedents in
the writings of Karl Mannheim. Leonard Meyer writes: The most deep-seated
beliefs, attitudes, and dispositions which form the fundamental basis of an
ideology ...
It does not come easily to English lips, though it has respectable antecedents in
the writings of Karl Mannheim. Leonard Meyer writes: The most deep-seated
beliefs, attitudes, and dispositions which form the fundamental basis of an
ideology ...
Page 60
I think it is possible, even probable, that the English – who are by no means
incapable of radical transformations, as the political and cultural revolutions of
the seventeenth century, and the industrial revolution of the nineteenth indicate
— may ...
I think it is possible, even probable, that the English – who are by no means
incapable of radical transformations, as the political and cultural revolutions of
the seventeenth century, and the industrial revolution of the nineteenth indicate
— may ...
Page 61
Certainly the English have been remarkably fortunate in their history — whatever
their current humiliations and collective neuroses —in so far as they have been
spared mass violence, invasion and the visible collapse of national institutions ...
Certainly the English have been remarkably fortunate in their history — whatever
their current humiliations and collective neuroses —in so far as they have been
spared mass violence, invasion and the visible collapse of national institutions ...
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Contents
preface | 7 |
The Novel No Longer Novel | 11 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Situation of the Novel Critical essays in modern literature, ISSN 0070-153X |
| Author | Bernard Bergonzi |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971 |
| ISBN | 0822932148, 9780822932147 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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