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And how could departments of literature, sociology or anthropology be competent given the same limitation?

The pair met at Oxford University in the early 1960s, with Jones reading English language and literature at St Edmund Hall, a year ahead of Sir Michael, who read history at Brasenose.

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What was American literature in the early years of the 20th century?

As Mr. Dyer becomes captivated by literature, “Homework” builds toward his painful but inevitable separation from his parents, both of whom died in 2011.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. seemed to agree when he wrote that “the language of the new nation, its laws, its institutions, its political ideas, its literature, its customs, its precepts, its prayers, primarily derived from Britain.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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