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... matter determined that . But it is also confused in rhetorical aim : it mixes straight analysis , anecdote , personal reflection , experiment and much else . Its tone veers between the laboriously factual to the gaily mocking . Now it ...
... matter determined that . But it is also confused in rhetorical aim : it mixes straight analysis , anecdote , personal reflection , experiment and much else . Its tone veers between the laboriously factual to the gaily mocking . Now it ...
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... matter - of - fact tone . For a group such as women , largely disinherited from the classical past , this was a momentous development . The crucial figure in realigning what might be called the matter of the novel was , as it happens ...
... matter - of - fact tone . For a group such as women , largely disinherited from the classical past , this was a momentous development . The crucial figure in realigning what might be called the matter of the novel was , as it happens ...
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... matter is more comprehensive , or his outlets more numerous . Rather it is that he devoted himself with single ... matters much . His books on antiquarian and artistic matters have a faded dilettante charm . As to belles lettres , he ...
... matter is more comprehensive , or his outlets more numerous . Rather it is that he devoted himself with single ... matters much . His books on antiquarian and artistic matters have a faded dilettante charm . As to belles lettres , he ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Landscape of the Age | 5 |
The Shape of Society | 7 |
Copyright | |
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