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... meaning a trans- formation analogous to a sublimation , for it makes the unconscious fantasy intellectually , morally , and socially acceptable and even pleasurable ; more technically , it makes the fantasy ego - syntonic . Meaning ...
... meaning a trans- formation analogous to a sublimation , for it makes the unconscious fantasy intellectually , morally , and socially acceptable and even pleasurable ; more technically , it makes the fantasy ego - syntonic . Meaning ...
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... meaning . And , of course , we bring our " higher " capacity to recognize the literary work as sepa- rate from us and to think rationally about it , specifically to explore its meaning . We have spoken of the introjecting and the intel ...
... meaning . And , of course , we bring our " higher " capacity to recognize the literary work as sepa- rate from us and to think rationally about it , specifically to explore its meaning . We have spoken of the introjecting and the intel ...
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... meaning , audiences search almost frantically for it . In the lobby of a theater where the latest Antonioni or Bergman is showing , there is almost a chorus of “ What does it mean ? ” “ What is it all about ? ” Evidently , meaning is ...
... meaning , audiences search almost frantically for it . In the lobby of a theater where the latest Antonioni or Bergman is showing , there is almost a chorus of “ What does it mean ? ” “ What is it all about ? ” Evidently , meaning is ...
Contents
Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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