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... pleasure . We- bring , then , to works of art two expectations that permit a " willing suspension of disbelief " : we do not expect to act on the external world ; we expect pleasure . Even if the work makes us feel pain or guilt or ...
... pleasure . We- bring , then , to works of art two expectations that permit a " willing suspension of disbelief " : we do not expect to act on the external world ; we expect pleasure . Even if the work makes us feel pain or guilt or ...
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... pleasure of artistic form or sexual foreplay the model of a bribe or " incentive bonus . " In more modern psychoanalytic terms , we can think of pleasure in form as a pleasure achieved as part of a defensive maneuver ( as the denials ...
... pleasure of artistic form or sexual foreplay the model of a bribe or " incentive bonus . " In more modern psychoanalytic terms , we can think of pleasure in form as a pleasure achieved as part of a defensive maneuver ( as the denials ...
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... pleasure . Leslie Fiedler treats The Immoral Mr. Teas in intellectual and aesthetic terms , whereas the " meaning " that justified the content of the biblical epic was its religious and moral " message . " This dis- placement from moral ...
... pleasure . Leslie Fiedler treats The Immoral Mr. Teas in intellectual and aesthetic terms , whereas the " meaning " that justified the content of the biblical epic was its religious and moral " message . " This dis- placement from moral ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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