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Page 83
... less . As for myself , I find that as I watch an " entertainment , " I am totally en- grossed much of the time , but at various moments I become rest- less and aware of myself again , aware , perhaps , that I am sitting in a theater ...
... less . As for myself , I find that as I watch an " entertainment , " I am totally en- grossed much of the time , but at various moments I become rest- less and aware of myself again , aware , perhaps , that I am sitting in a theater ...
Page 164
... less involved . Edgar Allan Poe discovered that if you take the story line off the detective story , the audience ... less relevant , less presentable thoughts prompted by the joke to sneak up on us , to take us unawares , as it were ...
... less involved . Edgar Allan Poe discovered that if you take the story line off the detective story , the audience ... less relevant , less presentable thoughts prompted by the joke to sneak up on us , to take us unawares , as it were ...
Page 222
... less to me than in La Dolce Vita . In short , Fellini has disguised the fantasy material less ; and he has thereby given me more to manage . But he has given me the same or less by way of defense to manage that less disguised fantasy ...
... less to me than in La Dolce Vita . In short , Fellini has disguised the fantasy material less ; and he has thereby given me more to manage . But he has given me the same or less by way of defense to manage that less disguised fantasy ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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