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... tell us what the au- thor really wrote or as we have to learn a foreign language before we can read a work in that language ; but , he main- tains , once that preliminary establishment of the text has been achieved , the critic is free ...
... tell us what the au- thor really wrote or as we have to learn a foreign language before we can read a work in that language ; but , he main- tains , once that preliminary establishment of the text has been achieved , the critic is free ...
Page 120
... telling him that they are not both good , and the same sparkling dem- onstration of ambiguities and so on will be produced for both . Tell him that one is good and one bad , and he will more often than not find his analytic skills ...
... telling him that they are not both good , and the same sparkling dem- onstration of ambiguities and so on will be produced for both . Tell him that one is good and one bad , and he will more often than not find his analytic skills ...
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... tell the exact truth about the way a work of literature is organized , about the total pattern of significance that it comprehends , involves precise and delicate chartings of meaning . Many critics seem to believe that because ade ...
... tell the exact truth about the way a work of literature is organized , about the total pattern of significance that it comprehends , involves precise and delicate chartings of meaning . Many critics seem to believe that because ade ...
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