The Situation of the NovelExamines the contemporary novel as a byproduct of English culture. |
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... suggest primarily the limita- tions of their creator . Although Miss Murdoch has some striking literary gifts , she is largely lacking in the essential ... suggested that since 1961 she has tended to bring her 48 THE SITUATION OF THE NOVEL.
... suggest primarily the limita- tions of their creator . Although Miss Murdoch has some striking literary gifts , she is largely lacking in the essential ... suggested that since 1961 she has tended to bring her 48 THE SITUATION OF THE NOVEL.
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... suggest to someone who had studied all the dossiers exhaustively . It is at times as if the style had become a kind of enormous secret joke . . . ' ( Encounter , December 1966 ) . Powell has a long way to go before constructing the self ...
... suggest to someone who had studied all the dossiers exhaustively . It is at times as if the style had become a kind of enormous secret joke . . . ' ( Encounter , December 1966 ) . Powell has a long way to go before constructing the self ...
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... suggest that it might be a touchstone for various kinds of contemporary insin- cerity . In so far as Sylvia is the ... suggesting complacent fellowship with the main commercial group , or seclusion with an academic group , or life among ...
... suggest that it might be a touchstone for various kinds of contemporary insin- cerity . In so far as Sylvia is the ... suggesting complacent fellowship with the main commercial group , or seclusion with an academic group , or life among ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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