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Peter L. De Rose. CHAPTER II IMAGINATION IN NORTHANGER ABBEY Not only is Northanger Abbey a bold parody of the Gothic - sentimental fiction popular in England at the time of its composition , it is , as many critics agree , a complex ...
Peter L. De Rose. CHAPTER II IMAGINATION IN NORTHANGER ABBEY Not only is Northanger Abbey a bold parody of the Gothic - sentimental fiction popular in England at the time of its composition , it is , as many critics agree , a complex ...
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... Northanger Abbey is that her imagination -- like Eleanor's in this scene -- has led to an aptly described mental " riot , " in which Gothic expectations are thor- oughly entangled in her mind . Her premature ideas about the abbey , for ...
... Northanger Abbey is that her imagination -- like Eleanor's in this scene -- has led to an aptly described mental " riot , " in which Gothic expectations are thor- oughly entangled in her mind . Her premature ideas about the abbey , for ...
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... Northanger Abbey , learns that real people are not usually murderers , but are more frequently mercenary , cunning , hypocritical and vain -- and sometimes , as with Eleanor and Henry , even habitually , though not perfectly , good ...
... Northanger Abbey , learns that real people are not usually murderers , but are more frequently mercenary , cunning , hypocritical and vain -- and sometimes , as with Eleanor and Henry , even habitually , though not perfectly , good ...
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