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The tragic comedians : seven modern British novelists.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, James, 1917-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1963]
Subjects:
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Some premises
  • Family reunions: E. M. Forster
  • The appeal to grandfathers: Aldous Huxley
  • Stylized rebellion: Evelyn Waugh
  • Paradoxes of pleasure-and-pain: Henry Green
  • Directed restlessness: Joyce Cary
  • The unconfident confidence man
  • Games of apprehension: L. P. Hartley
  • The uses of polite surprise: Anthony Powell
  • A summary history.