The English Novel: A Short Critical HistoryA brilliant, critical history of the novel from Bunyan to Lawrence and Joyce. |
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... England . " Since their movement came to nothing , it now seems pretty silly ; a modern historian has described it as " an ephemeral hotch - potch of bogus maypoles and real vested interests . " In fact , Young England was in some ...
... England . " Since their movement came to nothing , it now seems pretty silly ; a modern historian has described it as " an ephemeral hotch - potch of bogus maypoles and real vested interests . " In fact , Young England was in some ...
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... England group , glorying in the spirit of noblesse oblige , were be- having , to Disraeli's romantic imagination , as young noble- men should behave . Idealistic and generous , and what was just as important , very rich and of high ...
... England group , glorying in the spirit of noblesse oblige , were be- having , to Disraeli's romantic imagination , as young noble- men should behave . Idealistic and generous , and what was just as important , very rich and of high ...
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... England " question , the clash between capital and labor . Why there should be un- employment and how working men should behave when their families were starving were questions to which she could give no convincing answer , but she knew ...
... England " question , the clash between capital and labor . Why there should be un- employment and how working men should behave when their families were starving were questions to which she could give no convincing answer , but she knew ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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