The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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... question can be pursued in Frank Ker- mode's The Sense of an Ending . Lionel Trilling gave a graphic ex- pression of this critical apocalypticism in 1948 : It is impossible to talk about the novel nowadays without having in our minds ...
... question can be pursued in Frank Ker- mode's The Sense of an Ending . Lionel Trilling gave a graphic ex- pression of this critical apocalypticism in 1948 : It is impossible to talk about the novel nowadays without having in our minds ...
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... question of how far the artifacts of non - Western civilisations also manifest this dynamism is debatable , and has given rise to argument between Morse Peckham and E. H. Gombrich ( see Innovations , ed . Bergonzi , 1968 : pp . 109-21 ) ...
... question of how far the artifacts of non - Western civilisations also manifest this dynamism is debatable , and has given rise to argument between Morse Peckham and E. H. Gombrich ( see Innovations , ed . Bergonzi , 1968 : pp . 109-21 ) ...
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... question of national identity , which is why I think it appropriate to link Sinclair's book with Nigel Dennis's , even though Sinclair's fable ranges far more widely and is far less controlled . Sinclair has said : I think as we lose ...
... question of national identity , which is why I think it appropriate to link Sinclair's book with Nigel Dennis's , even though Sinclair's fable ranges far more widely and is far less controlled . Sinclair has said : I think as we lose ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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