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Samuel Butler’S Way Of All Flesh As A Sociological Novel, David Carter
Samuel Butler’S Way Of All Flesh As A Sociological Novel, David Carter
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To scholars of Victorian literature, Samuel Butler has always been a rebel who strikes out at society with wide-ranging criticism. After years of studying subjects as varied as music, art, biology, literature, and theology, Butler felt (like many Victorian writers) that he could make valuable social comments with his satires, travelogues, biological studies and one novel.
Critical studies of Butler have tended to treat in broad outline all facets of his life and work. This study, however, examines in depth Butler’s novel The Way of All Flesh, as the focal point of his critical analysis of Victorian society. It treats …
United States-Russian Relations, 1917-1933, Raymond L. Cravens
United States-Russian Relations, 1917-1933, Raymond L. Cravens
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“One should doff one’s cap to the statue of Jupiter, in case he returned to power.” – Lord Byron
Our task in this study is to determine whether the words of Lord Byron are true in the realm of International Power Politics. This is a study of the application of the principle of non-recognition – the refusal of acknowledgement – to Russo-American relations during the period from 1917 to 1933.
The year was 1917, and the Gladiator of Capitalism stood over the prostrate form of Russian Bolshevism and appealed for the decision of “life” or “death” to be meted out …