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Page 41
... contemporary writing , in particular , perhaps , the poems of Edith Sitwell and E. E. Cummings . Firbank , too , in his own intensely mannered , muted way is the clown with the broken heart . His novels , like much of the writing of his ...
... contemporary writing , in particular , perhaps , the poems of Edith Sitwell and E. E. Cummings . Firbank , too , in his own intensely mannered , muted way is the clown with the broken heart . His novels , like much of the writing of his ...
Page 130
... their ability to intoxicate . The tradition is not , of course , by any means wholly bad . Much of the textural richness of contemporary Southern writing , as compared both with the narrow range of 130 TRADITION AND DREAM.
... their ability to intoxicate . The tradition is not , of course , by any means wholly bad . Much of the textural richness of contemporary Southern writing , as compared both with the narrow range of 130 TRADITION AND DREAM.
Page 267
... contemporary fiction , so pathetically wants to satisfy . The two comedies apart , A Step to Silence is probably the most immediately accessible of Newby's novels . Its sequel , The Retreat , is less so . It begins in May 1940 , with ...
... contemporary fiction , so pathetically wants to satisfy . The two comedies apart , A Step to Silence is probably the most immediately accessible of Newby's novels . Its sequel , The Retreat , is less so . It begins in May 1940 , with ...
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British I | 11 |
American | 65 |
The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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