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Page 225
... scarcely be judged by ordinary standards of behaviour because he is living out , one might almost say is lived by , a dream . His conduct , which is frequently disastrous to his wife and children , has scarcely reference to the external ...
... scarcely be judged by ordinary standards of behaviour because he is living out , one might almost say is lived by , a dream . His conduct , which is frequently disastrous to his wife and children , has scarcely reference to the external ...
Page 273
... scarcely more about Inge than we did at the beginning : she remains frozen in her postures of malign and self- deluded silliness . Wilson is fascinated by vulgarity , the gratuitous cruelty of offen- sively bad manners , and by the raw ...
... scarcely more about Inge than we did at the beginning : she remains frozen in her postures of malign and self- deluded silliness . Wilson is fascinated by vulgarity , the gratuitous cruelty of offen- sively bad manners , and by the raw ...
Page 301
... scarcely moved by them , because Bowles scarcely tries to persuade us that his characters have value as human beings . Truman Capote's novels may also be called Gothic , but here the Gothic has been turned all to favour and to ...
... scarcely moved by them , because Bowles scarcely tries to persuade us that his characters have value as human beings . Truman Capote's novels may also be called Gothic , but here the Gothic has been turned all to favour and to ...
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The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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