Comedy and Satire in the Novels of Thomas Love PeacockStanford University, 1970 - 490 pages |
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... Hall's cast of characters divides easily 1 " There is no reason to see it [ Headlong Hall ] as the model for the later novels , simply because it is the first ; rather it is a rickety prototype to be drastically modified . Nor is there ...
... Hall's cast of characters divides easily 1 " There is no reason to see it [ Headlong Hall ] as the model for the later novels , simply because it is the first ; rather it is a rickety prototype to be drastically modified . Nor is there ...
Page 64
... Hall is merely a " rickety prototype , " instructional because of its relationship to other works , but of little or no intrinsic literary merit . This chapter has attempted to demonstrate Headlong Hall's structural integrity : the ...
... Hall is merely a " rickety prototype , " instructional because of its relationship to other works , but of little or no intrinsic literary merit . This chapter has attempted to demonstrate Headlong Hall's structural integrity : the ...
Page 65
... Hall distorts reality in order to create a special world which emphasizes Peacock's vision . Headlong Hall's structure represents a formula : a pattern to be modified in various ways but never wholly abandoned as Peacock developed his ...
... Hall distorts reality in order to create a special world which emphasizes Peacock's vision . Headlong Hall's structure represents a formula : a pattern to be modified in various ways but never wholly abandoned as Peacock developed his ...
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