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... psychological traits . Though modeled on the work of the Greek moralist Theophrastus , whose essays were intended to teach lessons in ethics , these studies of behavior were much influenced by the scientific theories of personality ...
... psychological traits . Though modeled on the work of the Greek moralist Theophrastus , whose essays were intended to teach lessons in ethics , these studies of behavior were much influenced by the scientific theories of personality ...
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... psychological study of Radnor , using whole chapters of interior monologue to reveal how his genial prodigality masks the in- tolerable double strain of financial speculations and illegal marital status , leading to final insanity ...
... psychological study of Radnor , using whole chapters of interior monologue to reveal how his genial prodigality masks the in- tolerable double strain of financial speculations and illegal marital status , leading to final insanity ...
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... psychological truth but also of structural organization . Though over forty when the war broke out , he went into the army and served at the front , thus being one of the few English novelists to combine mature literary skill with first ...
... psychological truth but also of structural organization . Though over forty when the war broke out , he went into the army and served at the front , thus being one of the few English novelists to combine mature literary skill with first ...
Contents
What Is a Novel? | 3 |
Pastoral and Picaresque to 1600 | 11 |
Romance Allegory and Scandal 16001700 | 29 |
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