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... describe works of literature objectively , as so many words on a piece of paper or spoken aloud . Then , I shall describe psychologically my own response to that objective stimulus and look for points of correspondence between the text ...
... describe works of literature objectively , as so many words on a piece of paper or spoken aloud . Then , I shall describe psychologically my own response to that objective stimulus and look for points of correspondence between the text ...
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... describe " the aesthet- ic moment " in the visual arts : In visual art the aesthetic moment is that flitting instant , so brief as to be almost timeless , when the spectator is at one with the work of art he is looking at , or with ...
... describe " the aesthet- ic moment " in the visual arts : In visual art the aesthetic moment is that flitting instant , so brief as to be almost timeless , when the spectator is at one with the work of art he is looking at , or with ...
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... describe a man free to choose , un- possessed by any woman ; the middle stanzas describe a man psycho- logically driven . In a second sense , then , the poem goes away and comes back , just as the poet promises to do with the lady of ...
... describe a man free to choose , un- possessed by any woman ; the middle stanzas describe a man psycho- logically driven . In a second sense , then , the poem goes away and comes back , just as the poet promises to do with the lady of ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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