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Page 98
... shows the possibilities of dehumanisation , of people being transformed into something else . One sees it in chapter 1 , with Benny Profane's vision of his own eventual dismemberment : ' if he kept going down that street , not only his ...
... shows the possibilities of dehumanisation , of people being transformed into something else . One sees it in chapter 1 , with Benny Profane's vision of his own eventual dismemberment : ' if he kept going down that street , not only his ...
Page 129
... shows his capacity for defusing any form of potentially disturbing theoretical utterance : ' We have done with old theatre of bourgeoisie and capitalists . Here is Volksbühnen for actor that is worker like industrial - worker - actor ...
... shows his capacity for defusing any form of potentially disturbing theoretical utterance : ' We have done with old theatre of bourgeoisie and capitalists . Here is Volksbühnen for actor that is worker like industrial - worker - actor ...
Page 153
... shows her valiant attempt to make something of her life in widow- hood and poverty . - - Certainly , within clearly defined limits , The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot is an admirable novel , which shows , among other things , that Wilson is ...
... shows her valiant attempt to make something of her life in widow- hood and poverty . - - Certainly , within clearly defined limits , The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot is an admirable novel , which shows , among other things , that Wilson is ...
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Preface 74 | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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