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... Wilson that a critical comparison is difficult . Wilson is aware of these dis- parities , and in The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot he makes an interesting effort to cope with them : Meg Eliot , the archetypal liberal heroine , whose forebears ...
... Wilson that a critical comparison is difficult . Wilson is aware of these dis- parities , and in The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot he makes an interesting effort to cope with them : Meg Eliot , the archetypal liberal heroine , whose forebears ...
Page 154
... Wilson's first three novels : There is an ambiguous relationship between the vivid dramatic action and the intellectual analysis , almost as if Wilson feels that nightmare is truth , and the reconstructions of his art , like social ...
... Wilson's first three novels : There is an ambiguous relationship between the vivid dramatic action and the intellectual analysis , almost as if Wilson feels that nightmare is truth , and the reconstructions of his art , like social ...
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... Wilson , showing once more the extent of his imaginative attach- ment to the pre - 1914 world . As the children grow ... Wilson's prose is richer and more relaxed than in his early novels , and his language is able to embody a wider ...
... Wilson , showing once more the extent of his imaginative attach- ment to the pre - 1914 world . As the children grow ... Wilson's prose is richer and more relaxed than in his early novels , and his language is able to embody a wider ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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