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"Among the civilized" : a consideration of family, power, morality and technique in the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett

The purpose of this thesis is to attempt to penetrate beyond these mystifying eccentricities of style to Ivy Compton-Burnett's world view, in order to show that, rather than being limited and inflexible, they are limited only to the extent that they establish the bounds within which a rich and varie...

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Main Author: Novis, Carol
Other Authors: Whittock, T G
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Language:English
Published: Department of English Language and Literature 2016
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description The purpose of this thesis is to attempt to penetrate beyond these mystifying eccentricities of style to Ivy Compton-Burnett's world view, in order to show that, rather than being limited and inflexible, they are limited only to the extent that they establish the bounds within which a rich and varied world exists. If these novels can be said to be "about" anything, they are about the difficulties of living as a civilized being in a savage world, and about the depths of human motives and reactions. To illustrate this, my approach is thematic, rather than chronological.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/16764 "Among the civilized" : a consideration of family, power, morality and technique in the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett Novis, Carol Whittock, T G English Language and Literature The purpose of this thesis is to attempt to penetrate beyond these mystifying eccentricities of style to Ivy Compton-Burnett's world view, in order to show that, rather than being limited and inflexible, they are limited only to the extent that they establish the bounds within which a rich and varied world exists. If these novels can be said to be "about" anything, they are about the difficulties of living as a civilized being in a savage world, and about the depths of human motives and reactions. To illustrate this, my approach is thematic, rather than chronological. 2016-02-05T07:09:38Z 2016-02-05T07:09:38Z 1976 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16764 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
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title "Among the civilized" : a consideration of family, power, morality and technique in the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett
title_full "Among the civilized" : a consideration of family, power, morality and technique in the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett
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title_full_unstemmed "Among the civilized" : a consideration of family, power, morality and technique in the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett
title_short "Among the civilized" : a consideration of family, power, morality and technique in the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett
title_sort among the civilized a consideration of family power morality and technique in the novels of ivy compton burnett
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