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Page 108
... comes from some " gut " sense of uncon- scious or preconscious logic . We need to supplement Mr. Ran- som's look at the form in the text by looking at form from the other end of the literary transaction : form as what shapes our res ...
... comes from some " gut " sense of uncon- scious or preconscious logic . We need to supplement Mr. Ran- som's look at the form in the text by looking at form from the other end of the literary transaction : form as what shapes our res ...
Page 116
... comes in images of sight ; the dis- illusioning second half comes in images of sound . In general , the poem moves back and forth between here and there , past and present , land and sea , love and battle , but most im- portantly ...
... comes in images of sight ; the dis- illusioning second half comes in images of sound . In general , the poem moves back and forth between here and there , past and present , land and sea , love and battle , but most im- portantly ...
Page 120
... comes later than seeing . Not until we begin to understand words does hearing begin to con- vey as much to us as ... come , is the kind of fidelity , trust , " Faith , " or gratification a child associates with the sight of his mother ...
... comes later than seeing . Not until we begin to understand words does hearing begin to con- vey as much to us as ... come , is the kind of fidelity , trust , " Faith , " or gratification a child associates with the sight of his mother ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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