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Page 12
... completely closed to the general reader ; the scholars have seen to that with such books as Joseph Campbell's and Henry Morton Robinson's A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake . The works of exegesis now existing are many , and even without ...
... completely closed to the general reader ; the scholars have seen to that with such books as Joseph Campbell's and Henry Morton Robinson's A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake . The works of exegesis now existing are many , and even without ...
Page 58
... completely original work . The originality consists in the stance Hughes adopts towards the children whose adventures he relates . Hughes shows us his children from the outside . He does , certainly , by an effort of will and ...
... completely original work . The originality consists in the stance Hughes adopts towards the children whose adventures he relates . Hughes shows us his children from the outside . He does , certainly , by an effort of will and ...
Page 62
... completely convincing , and perhaps it is the sure sign of Hughes's talents as a novelist that the historical personages , Hitler above all , are as completely convincing within the framework of the novel as the fictitious characters ...
... completely convincing , and perhaps it is the sure sign of Hughes's talents as a novelist that the historical personages , Hitler above all , are as completely convincing within the framework of the novel as the fictitious characters ...
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British I | 11 |
American | 65 |
The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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