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Page 238
... certainly lie in its incidentals , its investigation of political truth and the idea of ' Newspeak ' , subjects Orwell had touched on in essays that preceded the novel . And of all his fiction the finest is his fable Animal Farm . The ...
... certainly lie in its incidentals , its investigation of political truth and the idea of ' Newspeak ' , subjects Orwell had touched on in essays that preceded the novel . And of all his fiction the finest is his fable Animal Farm . The ...
Page 244
... certainly Mister Johnson , partly because of its very simplicity . Form was not Cary's strong point and could scarcely have been in view of his method of ' assembling ' his novels ; but in Mister Johnson everything is subordinated to ...
... certainly Mister Johnson , partly because of its very simplicity . Form was not Cary's strong point and could scarcely have been in view of his method of ' assembling ' his novels ; but in Mister Johnson everything is subordinated to ...
Page 295
... certainly cannot be said that Burns writes in Vidal's ' national manner ' . In his book two American traditions come together . Sty- listically , Burns is reminiscent of Whitman and Wolfe . He is always in full spate , and one is ...
... certainly cannot be said that Burns writes in Vidal's ' national manner ' . In his book two American traditions come together . Sty- listically , Burns is reminiscent of Whitman and Wolfe . He is always in full spate , and one is ...
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American | 65 |
The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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