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... describe works of literature objectively , as so many words on a piece of paper or spoken aloud . Then , I shall describe psychologically my own response to that objective stimulus and look for points of correspondence between the text ...
... describe works of literature objectively , as so many words on a piece of paper or spoken aloud . Then , I shall describe psychologically my own response to that objective stimulus and look for points of correspondence between the text ...
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... describe " the aesthet- ic moment " in the visual arts : In visual art the aesthetic moment is that flitting instant , so brief as to be almost timeless , when the spectator is at one with the work of art he is looking at , or with ...
... describe " the aesthet- ic moment " in the visual arts : In visual art the aesthetic moment is that flitting instant , so brief as to be almost timeless , when the spectator is at one with the work of art he is looking at , or with ...
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... describe emotion or affect , as against seventy - five for different kinds of sensation or forty - nine for " means of communication , " matters , presumably , less vital in our psychic lives . " It is not easy to deal scientifically ...
... describe emotion or affect , as against seventy - five for different kinds of sensation or forty - nine for " means of communication , " matters , presumably , less vital in our psychic lives . " It is not easy to deal scientifically ...
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