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... deal of inventiveness and energy , there is not the sense of development and spectacular advance that was apparent between 1890 and 1930 ; by the latter date the Modern Movement had largely exhausted itself , and the possibilities of ...
... deal of inventiveness and energy , there is not the sense of development and spectacular advance that was apparent between 1890 and 1930 ; by the latter date the Modern Movement had largely exhausted itself , and the possibilities of ...
Page 97
... deal to the writings of Jorge Luis Borges . V. , like the Sot - Weed Factor , is a quest - novel , a form that allows for almost endless episodic performances . Certainly Pynchon seems to have indulged in a great deal of freewheeling ...
... deal to the writings of Jorge Luis Borges . V. , like the Sot - Weed Factor , is a quest - novel , a form that allows for almost endless episodic performances . Certainly Pynchon seems to have indulged in a great deal of freewheeling ...
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... deal of Herzog can be explained simply by the implicit assumption that existence , quite apart from any of our judgments , has value , that existence is worthful . ' One can regard this sentiment as more acceptable than the inhuman ...
... deal of Herzog can be explained simply by the implicit assumption that existence , quite apart from any of our judgments , has value , that existence is worthful . ' One can regard this sentiment as more acceptable than the inhuman ...
Contents
Preface 74 | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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