Comedy and Satire in the Novels of Thomas Love PeacockStanford University, 1970 - 490 pages |
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Peter Sloat Hoff. and sentimental tone of his long poems might lead us to believe . Peacock's letter to Hookham shows us that his first responses upon viewing the source of the Thames were ... tone of his long poems might lead us ...
Peter Sloat Hoff. and sentimental tone of his long poems might lead us to believe . Peacock's letter to Hookham shows us that his first responses upon viewing the source of the Thames were ... tone of his long poems might lead us ...
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... tone pervades the work , infil- trating the rougher attack of satire and buffering its effect . Two main vehicles of comedy deserve attention : narrative tone 50.
... tone pervades the work , infil- trating the rougher attack of satire and buffering its effect . Two main vehicles of comedy deserve attention : narrative tone 50.
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... tone of that work through well - turned passages of natural description . 1 The most expansive 11 " For certain features of his setting -- if not for its distinctive quality -- Peacock seems indebted to a number of eighteenth - century ...
... tone of that work through well - turned passages of natural description . 1 The most expansive 11 " For certain features of his setting -- if not for its distinctive quality -- Peacock seems indebted to a number of eighteenth - century ...
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