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... kind of thing a textual critic says ; the other the kind of thing a psychoanalyst might say ; and , always , an as- sumption that the two propositions are related ( an assumption that I hope the first and third chapters will justify ) ...
... kind of thing a textual critic says ; the other the kind of thing a psychoanalyst might say ; and , always , an as- sumption that the two propositions are related ( an assumption that I hope the first and third chapters will justify ) ...
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... kind of open blankness , the " nothing " which ends the passage . The rhythm also moves from one tension to another kind of tension and finally to a resolution . The sound patterns , in short , make me feel the same partial blankness ...
... kind of open blankness , the " nothing " which ends the passage . The rhythm also moves from one tension to another kind of tension and finally to a resolution . The sound patterns , in short , make me feel the same partial blankness ...
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... kind of ma- terial . The " habitual mode of bringing into harmony " refers to a man's defenses ; they in turn correspond to a writer's ways of deal- ing with his material - form and structure on the large scale , sen- tence or verse ...
... kind of ma- terial . The " habitual mode of bringing into harmony " refers to a man's defenses ; they in turn correspond to a writer's ways of deal- ing with his material - form and structure on the large scale , sen- tence or verse ...
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