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Page 184
... offers three sources of plea- sure analogous to the three sources of pleasure in form . First , we have seen in this chapter that ( in literature as well as in life ) a feeling we are engaged in a socially , morally , or intellectually ...
... offers three sources of plea- sure analogous to the three sources of pleasure in form . First , we have seen in this chapter that ( in literature as well as in life ) a feeling we are engaged in a socially , morally , or intellectually ...
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... offers a defense which is more com- plex , reaching to higher levels of moral and intellectual life , and more likely to be culturally accepted . The " less good " poem offers a less complex defense and one more likely to be associated ...
... offers a defense which is more com- plex , reaching to higher levels of moral and intellectual life , and more likely to be culturally accepted . The " less good " poem offers a less complex defense and one more likely to be associated ...
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... offers a more precise explanation : the " travelers and passengers " are within the body of this mad , phallic mother . To ask the reader to see the events of the ride from within the train would be to ask him to imagine himself inside ...
... offers a more precise explanation : the " travelers and passengers " are within the body of this mad , phallic mother . To ask the reader to see the events of the ride from within the train would be to ask him to imagine himself inside ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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