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... literature faces the task of establishing a conceptual bridge between objective and subjective views of literature . I have suggested some of my subjective concerns ; in fairness , I should now set out some of the objective assumptions ...
... literature faces the task of establishing a conceptual bridge between objective and subjective views of literature . I have suggested some of my subjective concerns ; in fairness , I should now set out some of the objective assumptions ...
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... literature . Such a metaphor may imply that Shake- speare and Milton and other impressive people are , relatively to the critic , in the role of prisoners or petitioners , a prospect so exhilarating that many critics wish to leap into a ...
... literature . Such a metaphor may imply that Shake- speare and Milton and other impressive people are , relatively to the critic , in the role of prisoners or petitioners , a prospect so exhilarating that many critics wish to leap into a ...
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... literature seems to have two , in a way opposite , possibili- ties for moral effect . First , literature may reinforce or counter the defenses and adaptations our culture builds into us . Second , litera- ture lets us experience those ...
... literature seems to have two , in a way opposite , possibili- ties for moral effect . First , literature may reinforce or counter the defenses and adaptations our culture builds into us . Second , litera- ture lets us experience those ...
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