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... criticism as a form of literature . The language is metaphorically dense ; it mediates between creative writing and ... critic , I enter the space of a work and discover the way it energizes my mind . Each essay is a perceptual dialectic ...
... criticism as a form of literature . The language is metaphorically dense ; it mediates between creative writing and ... critic , I enter the space of a work and discover the way it energizes my mind . Each essay is a perceptual dialectic ...
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... critics . Despite references to contemporary quarrels , the Tale's satiric object is no timely enemy but rather ... Criticism ( New York , 1966 ) , p . 233. Yet self - parody is not enough to make us this uneasy . Many contemporary ...
... critics . Despite references to contemporary quarrels , the Tale's satiric object is no timely enemy but rather ... Criticism ( New York , 1966 ) , p . 233. Yet self - parody is not enough to make us this uneasy . Many contemporary ...
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... critics with a compromise view that allows Swift to remain essentially rational while the Tale itself becomes ... critic appears to be a doctor who cures his patient by helping him forget he is diseased . So the Tale becomes a delirious ...
... critics with a compromise view that allows Swift to remain essentially rational while the Tale itself becomes ... critic appears to be a doctor who cures his patient by helping him forget he is diseased . So the Tale becomes a delirious ...
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ONE Introduction | 3 |
the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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