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Page 94
... Goat - Boy in a more sinister light . For all the parallels in the book between the
universe and the university , which are stressed ad nauseum and beyond , there
is another parallel , less obvious but equally significant , that * See Innovations ...
... Goat - Boy in a more sinister light . For all the parallels in the book between the
universe and the university , which are stressed ad nauseum and beyond , there
is another parallel , less obvious but equally significant , that * See Innovations ...
Page 168
One of them is the natural oppugnancy between man and objects , and another ,
closely related , is the idea that the organisation of the universe is not random ,
but that man and things are in the grip of a malign but perversely intelligent force .
One of them is the natural oppugnancy between man and objects , and another ,
closely related , is the idea that the organisation of the universe is not random ,
but that man and things are in the grip of a malign but perversely intelligent force .
Page 173
... on God are not new for they occur , in similar terms , in the Book of Job - and as
a response to the casual cruelty of the universe they are not unjustified ; at least ,
as attacks on the detached manipulator of a purely rationalistic theology .
... on God are not new for they occur , in similar terms , in the Book of Job - and as
a response to the casual cruelty of the universe they are not unjustified ; at least ,
as attacks on the detached manipulator of a purely rationalistic theology .
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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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