The American Dream and the Popular NovelRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 243 pages |
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Page 44
... kind of message were they trying to get across ? Authorial intention is important to understand , for what books mean to their authors is one aspect of their cultural meaning . An investigation of this issue beyond the superficial level ...
... kind of message were they trying to get across ? Authorial intention is important to understand , for what books mean to their authors is one aspect of their cultural meaning . An investigation of this issue beyond the superficial level ...
Page 87
... kind of guy who should try to be a big executive . . . . I don't think I have the willingness to make the sacrifices . I don't want to give up the time . . . . Nobody likes money better than I do . But I'm just not the kind of guy who ...
... kind of guy who should try to be a big executive . . . . I don't think I have the willingness to make the sacrifices . I don't want to give up the time . . . . Nobody likes money better than I do . But I'm just not the kind of guy who ...
Page 96
... kind of combat , operating under ' the laws of controlled savagery . There is no doubt that business is a kind of war . Why not , then , make it all - out war in pursuit of peace ? Mr. Baker and his friends did not shoot my father , but ...
... kind of combat , operating under ' the laws of controlled savagery . There is no doubt that business is a kind of war . Why not , then , make it all - out war in pursuit of peace ? Mr. Baker and his friends did not shoot my father , but ...
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the social context | 17 |
from entrepreneurial | 63 |
the varieties | 91 |
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