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... human . Caldwell's is the comedy of degradation , and it is probably the most squalid comedy that has ever been written . Caldwell creates a world in which human dignity does not exist , in which there are neither human rights nor human ...
... human . Caldwell's is the comedy of degradation , and it is probably the most squalid comedy that has ever been written . Caldwell creates a world in which human dignity does not exist , in which there are neither human rights nor human ...
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... human existence is going on , the common joys , anxieties and endurances . In The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter , Carson ... human . It is a novel of growing up and initiation , initiation , perhaps , into the acceptance of human limits ...
... human existence is going on , the common joys , anxieties and endurances . In The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter , Carson ... human . It is a novel of growing up and initiation , initiation , perhaps , into the acceptance of human limits ...
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... human beings in society which is based all the same on something very close to a tragic view of individual human beings . In Snow's world the race does not necessarily go to the swiftest or the most brilliant . ' Some parts of our ...
... human beings in society which is based all the same on something very close to a tragic view of individual human beings . In Snow's world the race does not necessarily go to the swiftest or the most brilliant . ' Some parts of our ...
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American | 65 |
The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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