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Page 87
... literary in- volvement . At one level of our being , a very primitive level , we feel the pro- cess of transformation the literary work embodies as a transforma- tion in us . We have introjected the literary work ; it has become a ...
... literary in- volvement . At one level of our being , a very primitive level , we feel the pro- cess of transformation the literary work embodies as a transforma- tion in us . We have introjected the literary work ; it has become a ...
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... literary critic reveals possibilities and relationshps in literary works that were not seen before . In that sense , he adds to human knowledge . But he does this in hopes of adding to men's experience of the literary work he is talking ...
... literary critic reveals possibilities and relationshps in literary works that were not seen before . In that sense , he adds to human knowledge . But he does this in hopes of adding to men's experience of the literary work he is talking ...
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... literary work suc- cessfully balances fantasy and its handling of the fantasy , neither over - managing nor under - managing it . Such a model supplies rea- sons for our evaluations of literary works in terms of specific proper- ties of ...
... literary work suc- cessfully balances fantasy and its handling of the fantasy , neither over - managing nor under - managing it . Such a model supplies rea- sons for our evaluations of literary works in terms of specific proper- ties of ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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