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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... says : " Nobody was in their right place , nothing was done as it ought to be " ; her family has not missed her , her mother is distracted and negligent , her father shallow , drunken , and feckless . Fanny's dismay as she realizes all ...
... says : " Nobody was in their right place , nothing was done as it ought to be " ; her family has not missed her , her mother is distracted and negligent , her father shallow , drunken , and feckless . Fanny's dismay as she realizes all ...
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... say anything to obtain his wishes , or those of Troilus , as on the night of the consummation when he swears that ... says quite clearly she is there under her own volition : This Troilus in armes gan her streyne , And seyde , " O ...
... say anything to obtain his wishes , or those of Troilus , as on the night of the consummation when he swears that ... says quite clearly she is there under her own volition : This Troilus in armes gan her streyne , And seyde , " O ...
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... says : " It is impos- sible to say just what I mean ! " As self - expression fails him , he resigns himself to the role of Polo- nius in Hamlet , " an attendant lord . " He is " Deferential , glad to be of use . " He considers himself ...
... says : " It is impos- sible to say just what I mean ! " As self - expression fails him , he resigns himself to the role of Polo- nius in Hamlet , " an attendant lord . " He is " Deferential , glad to be of use . " He considers himself ...
Contents
Contents | xiii |
List of Contributors | lxix |
ROBERT BROWNING Julie Hearn | 17 |
Copyright | |
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