Troubled Pleasures: The Fiction of J.G. FarrellFour Courts Press, 1997 - 173 halaman Troubled Pleasures is a critical re-examination of the fiction of J.G. Farrell, whose work has suffered a generation of literary eclipse. It argues powerfully for his status as a significant twentieth-century novelist. |
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... literature and criticism was probably at its most confusing . Sullivan rather wearily praises the novel's ' mountain of detailed reconstruction ' , and ' assiduous bibliography ' before going on to say : The history is all just so ; the ...
... literature and criticism was probably at its most confusing . Sullivan rather wearily praises the novel's ' mountain of detailed reconstruction ' , and ' assiduous bibliography ' before going on to say : The history is all just so ; the ...
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... literature . Its two great and time - resisting virtues are , first , the extraordinary range of characters it so skilfully portrays and , secondly , its powerful evocation of the last days of British India , now quietly slipping away ...
... literature . Its two great and time - resisting virtues are , first , the extraordinary range of characters it so skilfully portrays and , secondly , its powerful evocation of the last days of British India , now quietly slipping away ...
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... literature ' as it was perceived in England at that time : We are familiar with the way in which the heroes of American novels are defiant solitaries , preserving their precious burden of innocence and freedom , ... everything , in fact ...
... literature ' as it was perceived in England at that time : We are familiar with the way in which the heroes of American novels are defiant solitaries , preserving their precious burden of innocence and freedom , ... everything , in fact ...
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PREFACE | 9 |
J G Farrell in Context 5 122 104 | 26 |
A Man from Elsewhere and The Lung | 37 |
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