England & Co: A Historical, Anthological, and Critical Survey of the Literatures of the English-speaking Countries |
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Page 439
... society is thoroughly rejected . The alienation of the Romantics from society , their indi- vidualism and escapism when faced by contemporary events is at least partly consequential to their aesthetic princi- ples . The first generation ...
... society is thoroughly rejected . The alienation of the Romantics from society , their indi- vidualism and escapism when faced by contemporary events is at least partly consequential to their aesthetic princi- ples . The first generation ...
Page 574
... society and an indictment against its worst excesses . The interminable lawsuit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce provides a framework within which crowd a host of characters who stand for all the classes of society and are , to varying degrees ...
... society and an indictment against its worst excesses . The interminable lawsuit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce provides a framework within which crowd a host of characters who stand for all the classes of society and are , to varying degrees ...
Page 578
... society and , somewhat in contradiction with it , the condemnation of unscrupulous villains who rebel against this society and violate its moral principles . His best novels are woven around these central ideas : Pendennis ( 1848-50 ) ...
... society and , somewhat in contradiction with it , the condemnation of unscrupulous villains who rebel against this society and violate its moral principles . His best novels are woven around these central ideas : Pendennis ( 1848-50 ) ...
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