The American Dream and the Popular NovelRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 243 pages |
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... world . They describe how individuals take the world in ; how it subtly and unknowingly shapes them ; how they , with various levels of accuracy or illusion , perceive the world ; and how the world presents them with choices and con ...
... world . They describe how individuals take the world in ; how it subtly and unknowingly shapes them ; how they , with various levels of accuracy or illusion , perceive the world ; and how the world presents them with choices and con ...
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... world , then the novelistic conventions of realism point to areas of commonality between the imagined world of the novel , and perceptions of the world held by real people in the audience – perceptions that form an important part of ...
... world , then the novelistic conventions of realism point to areas of commonality between the imagined world of the novel , and perceptions of the world held by real people in the audience – perceptions that form an important part of ...
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... world populated by Betsy and Janey and Barbara and Pete , the only one of the four worlds worth a damn . There must be some way in which the four worlds were related , he thought , but it was easier to think of them as entirely divorced ...
... world populated by Betsy and Janey and Barbara and Pete , the only one of the four worlds worth a damn . There must be some way in which the four worlds were related , he thought , but it was easier to think of them as entirely divorced ...
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the social context | 17 |
from entrepreneurial | 63 |
the varieties | 91 |
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