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... move toward simultaneity . Verbal space is the locus of an interaction between the reader and the text . Although I am concerned with the experience of literature , my approach is not simply impressionistic . I see literature as a ...
... move toward simultaneity . Verbal space is the locus of an interaction between the reader and the text . Although I am concerned with the experience of literature , my approach is not simply impressionistic . I see literature as a ...
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... move through the poem's space toward its center , grace generously diffuses through its circular form and simultaneously moves us out toward its circumference . Without grace , the whole human sphere is fallen ; with it , there is ...
... move through the poem's space toward its center , grace generously diffuses through its circular form and simultaneously moves us out toward its circumference . Without grace , the whole human sphere is fallen ; with it , there is ...
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... move thy feet so slow to what is best " ( III , 163–64 , 224 ) . Again and again he is amazed , perplexed , confounded , mute - the qualities which once were Eve's and now describe mankind as well . As Christ wanders his woody maze ...
... move thy feet so slow to what is best " ( III , 163–64 , 224 ) . Again and again he is amazed , perplexed , confounded , mute - the qualities which once were Eve's and now describe mankind as well . As Christ wanders his woody maze ...
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ONE Introduction | 3 |
the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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