The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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Page 80
... British writing : The British idea of a challenging novel is Lucky Jim , which in- censed Somerset Maugham but which , as a portrait of society , comes nowhere near Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 for penetration , originality and ...
... British writing : The British idea of a challenging novel is Lucky Jim , which in- censed Somerset Maugham but which , as a portrait of society , comes nowhere near Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 for penetration , originality and ...
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... British Day ; at the same time the outbreak of war is imminent , and the Zoo is bombed ( with small , old - fashioned bombs ) before the exhibition can be officially opened . In this chapter Wilson achieves a striking juxtaposition of ...
... British Day ; at the same time the outbreak of war is imminent , and the Zoo is bombed ( with small , old - fashioned bombs ) before the exhibition can be officially opened . In this chapter Wilson achieves a striking juxtaposition of ...
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... British schoolmaster in Malaya , named Victor Crabbe , is the target of a variety of minor persecutions , but he remains less interesting than the rich collection of racial types which surround him , and which are presented by Burgess ...
... British schoolmaster in Malaya , named Victor Crabbe , is the target of a variety of minor persecutions , but he remains less interesting than the rich collection of racial types which surround him , and which are presented by Burgess ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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