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... presence , Diddy finds that objects soften and blend with his own movements . Yet her body does not altogether yield to his frictionless universe . Her continual and sometimes antagonistic presence is a " huge flat stone ... lying on ...
... presence , Diddy finds that objects soften and blend with his own movements . Yet her body does not altogether yield to his frictionless universe . Her continual and sometimes antagonistic presence is a " huge flat stone ... lying on ...
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... presence at last subsumes all human action . Submitting to his will prefigures possessing his kingdom . As Pearl advises the dreamer , " Pe 03te better þyseluen blesse " [ You would do better to bless yourself ] ( 341 ) , for to bless ...
... presence at last subsumes all human action . Submitting to his will prefigures possessing his kingdom . As Pearl advises the dreamer , " Pe 03te better þyseluen blesse " [ You would do better to bless yourself ] ( 341 ) , for to bless ...
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... presence is apparent at once . The first plate of Jerusalem [ 20 ] is the literal and figurative entrance to the poem for both poet and reader : a human figure warily carries a luminous sphere through a dark doorway . The inscription ...
... presence is apparent at once . The first plate of Jerusalem [ 20 ] is the literal and figurative entrance to the poem for both poet and reader : a human figure warily carries a luminous sphere through a dark doorway . The inscription ...
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the circle as figural space | 25 |
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