English Studies Today, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English language The 1st series consists of papers read at the International Conference of University Professors of English held at magdalen college in 1950; 2d- series consists of lectures and papers read at the 4th- conferences of the International Association of University Professors of English held in 1959- |
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Page 27
... story of the methodical and successful organisation of a simple yet happy life against the odds of an incalculable environment and through an unshakable belief in moral and religious values . The same belief lies at the back of the story ...
... story of the methodical and successful organisation of a simple yet happy life against the odds of an incalculable environment and through an unshakable belief in moral and religious values . The same belief lies at the back of the story ...
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... stories by the narrator's steady flow . Where , as in a story like Union Reunion , conflicts inside myself had been re- moved to the distance of observation and memory , the narrator took over so easily that the rather intricate pattern ...
... stories by the narrator's steady flow . Where , as in a story like Union Reunion , conflicts inside myself had been re- moved to the distance of observation and memory , the narrator took over so easily that the rather intricate pattern ...
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... story contained possibilities that might one day wreck the Victorians ' dream of innocence . In her next story , however , she reverted to a familiar theme , that of the in- nocent young girl deceived by the dashing young beau3 . But ...
... story contained possibilities that might one day wreck the Victorians ' dream of innocence . In her next story , however , she reverted to a familiar theme , that of the in- nocent young girl deceived by the dashing young beau3 . But ...
Contents
Switzerland and the EnglishSpeaking World | 13 |
The Style of Criticism | 29 |
The Novelist and the Narrator | 43 |
Copyright | |
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