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... given character embodies my tensions , the more the work of art stimulates those tensions in me ; the more I have those tensions in myself anyway - why , then , the more real a given character will seem . He will , ultimately , seem as ...
... given character embodies my tensions , the more the work of art stimulates those tensions in me ; the more I have those tensions in myself anyway - why , then , the more real a given character will seem . He will , ultimately , seem as ...
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... Given such a model , what can we explain with it ? I have tried to show that it tells us something about our value judgments of litera- ture . We get the feeling " this is good , " when a literary work suc- cessfully balances fantasy ...
... Given such a model , what can we explain with it ? I have tried to show that it tells us something about our value judgments of litera- ture . We get the feeling " this is good , " when a literary work suc- cessfully balances fantasy ...
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... given story or a line of poetry to explore the balance between form and fantasy content the model points to . One could , for example , ask readers to explain their preference for one of two versions of the same line of poetry to get at ...
... given story or a line of poetry to explore the balance between form and fantasy content the model points to . One could , for example , ask readers to explain their preference for one of two versions of the same line of poetry to get at ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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