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... face , arms , and hands of a clock may have lost their metaphorical qualities through familiarity . Pynchon , however , not only reminds us of the metaphor , but also suggests that the relationship of a clock with a body may be similar ...
... face , arms , and hands of a clock may have lost their metaphorical qualities through familiarity . Pynchon , however , not only reminds us of the metaphor , but also suggests that the relationship of a clock with a body may be similar ...
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... face of the watch . ( 219 ) She looks upon the world with the “ evil eye of time ” ( 363 ) , as one person remembers her . Seeing others through the face of a clock , she becomes pure history , manipulating the events of life to conform ...
... face of the watch . ( 219 ) She looks upon the world with the “ evil eye of time ” ( 363 ) , as one person remembers her . Seeing others through the face of a clock , she becomes pure history , manipulating the events of life to conform ...
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... face of her afflicted home planet was rearranged in the instant " ( 464 ) . Yet Oneirine is still only another landscape , regardless of its modulations or rearrangements : " Greta was meant to find Oneirine . Each plot carries its ...
... face of her afflicted home planet was rearranged in the instant " ( 464 ) . Yet Oneirine is still only another landscape , regardless of its modulations or rearrangements : " Greta was meant to find Oneirine . Each plot carries its ...
Contents
Baedeker Land | 65 |
Death Transfigured | 135 |
In Which Various Things Come Together | 187 |
Copyright | |
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