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... inevitably they recall the long generations of human experience that have
moulded them , and the writer has always been less radical than the innovator in
other arts . In Stephen Spender's words : If the literary medium were to become '
new ...
... inevitably they recall the long generations of human experience that have
moulded them , and the writer has always been less radical than the innovator in
other arts . In Stephen Spender's words : If the literary medium were to become '
new ...
Page 64
For America , Nature had to become the Human Condition . ( p . 270. ) As Bayley
admits , the distinction is not and cannot be absolute . Even Shakespeare , the
very embodiment of the accepting spirit of Nature , preferred some kinds of ...
For America , Nature had to become the Human Condition . ( p . 270. ) As Bayley
admits , the distinction is not and cannot be absolute . Even Shakespeare , the
very embodiment of the accepting spirit of Nature , preferred some kinds of ...
Page 115
With the Russo - German pact in 1939 Guy finds many issues crystallised , and
he returns to England eager for a place in the fight : But now , splendidly ,
everything had become clear . The enemy at last was plain in view , huge and
hateful , all ...
With the Russo - German pact in 1939 Guy finds many issues crystallised , and
he returns to England eager for a place in the fight : But now , splendidly ,
everything had become clear . The enemy at last was plain in view , huge and
hateful , all ...
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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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