The Will to Believe: Novelists of the Nineteen-thirties"A study of six novelists of the nineteen-thirties : Edward Upward, Rex Warner, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Christopher Isherwood, and George Orwell." -- Preface. |
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... commitment to revolutionary socialism is also a test of individual worth . Upward's three early stories are comparatively little known today , in spite of being ... commitment ' can only be used , in 40 Novelists of Revolutionary Commitment.
... commitment to revolutionary socialism is also a test of individual worth . Upward's three early stories are comparatively little known today , in spite of being ... commitment ' can only be used , in 40 Novelists of Revolutionary Commitment.
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... commitment . The progress is described as a movement from disease to health , from the threat of insanity to true sanity . Despite setbacks , the tutor never retreats into the refuge of complete despair , but remains poised , with ...
... commitment . The progress is described as a movement from disease to health , from the threat of insanity to true sanity . Despite setbacks , the tutor never retreats into the refuge of complete despair , but remains poised , with ...
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... commitment is securely presented as an important contribution to the cause . At the same time , it is a ritualistic or ceremonious act . The novelistic conventions of spy story and thriller to which the final paragraph of the story ...
... commitment is securely presented as an important contribution to the cause . At the same time , it is a ritualistic or ceremonious act . The novelistic conventions of spy story and thriller to which the final paragraph of the story ...
Contents
A Common Background | 1 |
Fiction and Belief | 18 |
The Catholic Novelist | 62 |
Copyright | |
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