Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 164-170).
Contents
Henry James : the poetics of empiricism -- Mann's double vision : "Doctor Faustus" and "The holy sinner" -- The English novel and the three kinds of time -- Fitzgerald's "The great Gatsby" : legendary bases and allegorical significances -- The damnation of Theron Ware -- What Scott meant to the Victorians -- Dickens and the sense of time -- Victorian morals and the modern novel.
