British Writers: Retrospective supplement, Volume 2Jay Parini Twenty-two of the most studied and most popular writers in British literature are reexamined in this second retrospective supplement to the British Writers Series. Authors covered include Jane Austen, Chaucer, Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Tom Stoppard, Oscar Wilde and others. |
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... becomes compro- mised by his sclerotic pride , relentless ambition , and degrading hatred and envy . He himself becomes a charismatic tyrant who ultimately fails in his leadership and succeeds only in helping the innocent bring about ...
... becomes compro- mised by his sclerotic pride , relentless ambition , and degrading hatred and envy . He himself becomes a charismatic tyrant who ultimately fails in his leadership and succeeds only in helping the innocent bring about ...
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... becomes a foil to theological mysticism and to Satan's tortured logic . Rather than providing laws , offering covenant , or expressing the wrath of his judgment or the promise of covenant , Milton's God explains that the abiding ...
... becomes a foil to theological mysticism and to Satan's tortured logic . Rather than providing laws , offering covenant , or expressing the wrath of his judgment or the promise of covenant , Milton's God explains that the abiding ...
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... becomes Mrs. Clandon , feminist author of numerous books prescribing behavior for the twentieth century . Jack Worthing's discovery of his true identity and fam- ily becomes Fergus Crampton's quest to be reunited with his children , but ...
... becomes Mrs. Clandon , feminist author of numerous books prescribing behavior for the twentieth century . Jack Worthing's discovery of his true identity and fam- ily becomes Fergus Crampton's quest to be reunited with his children , but ...
Contents
Contents | xiii |
List of Contributors | lxix |
ROBERT BROWNING Julie Hearn | 17 |
Copyright | |
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