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... attempt to construct a universal aesthetic out of a particular set of criteria of worth derived , essentially , from the study of the modern realist novel . The problem with all such aesthetics is , clearly , their indifference to the ...
... attempt to construct a universal aesthetic out of a particular set of criteria of worth derived , essentially , from the study of the modern realist novel . The problem with all such aesthetics is , clearly , their indifference to the ...
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... attempt to personalise an essentially impersonal God . Satan's rebellion against the God in whom Milton actually believes , that is the God who is reason , law , and truth , would redound entirely to his own discredit . It is only the ...
... attempt to personalise an essentially impersonal God . Satan's rebellion against the God in whom Milton actually believes , that is the God who is reason , law , and truth , would redound entirely to his own discredit . It is only the ...
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A Study in the Sociology of Literature Andrew Milner. no attempt whatsoever to explain Milton's choice of a particular set of classical literary models upon which to base his own great poems . It is possible , of course , that our own ...
A Study in the Sociology of Literature Andrew Milner. no attempt whatsoever to explain Milton's choice of a particular set of classical literary models upon which to base his own great poems . It is possible , of course , that our own ...
Contents
Goldmanns Genetic Structuralism | 8 |
A Note on the Problem of Aesthetics | 18 |
Lukács and Socialist Realism | 24 |
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