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Page 297
... anxiety than to lead to pleasure . Also , I doubt that something so abstract as , say , the sonnet - form can be much of a source of pleasure in itself . Freud , in " The ' Uncanny , ' " deals with literary fantasies which one would ...
... anxiety than to lead to pleasure . Also , I doubt that something so abstract as , say , the sonnet - form can be much of a source of pleasure in itself . Freud , in " The ' Uncanny , ' " deals with literary fantasies which one would ...
Page 307
... anxiety- arousing side and a drive - gratifying side . The story manages the fantasy in such a way as to allay the anxiety but to satisfy the drive . Thus , we begin by feeling anxiety . We end with humor and a mild sense of triumph ...
... anxiety- arousing side and a drive - gratifying side . The story manages the fantasy in such a way as to allay the anxiety but to satisfy the drive . Thus , we begin by feeling anxiety . We end with humor and a mild sense of triumph ...
Page 313
... anxiety . Further , our concept of lit- erature as a balance of fantasy and management of fantasy leads us to at ... anxiety - arousing aspects . If not much in the fantasy arouses anxiety , we feel the affects appropriate to drive ...
... anxiety . Further , our concept of lit- erature as a balance of fantasy and management of fantasy leads us to at ... anxiety - arousing aspects . If not much in the fantasy arouses anxiety , we feel the affects appropriate to drive ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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