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... pleasure . We bring , then , to works of art two expectations that permit a “ willing suspension of disbelief " : we do not expect to act on the external world ; we expect pleasure . Even if the work makes us feel pain or guilt or ...
... pleasure . We bring , then , to works of art two expectations that permit a “ willing suspension of disbelief " : we do not expect to act on the external world ; we expect pleasure . Even if the work makes us feel pain or guilt or ...
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... pleasure of artistic form or sexual foreplay the model of a bribe or " incentive bonus . " In more modern psychoanalytic terms , we can think of pleasure in form as a pleasure achieved as part of a defensive maneuver ( as the denials ...
... pleasure of artistic form or sexual foreplay the model of a bribe or " incentive bonus . " In more modern psychoanalytic terms , we can think of pleasure in form as a pleasure achieved as part of a defensive maneuver ( as the denials ...
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... pleasure , we simply get pleasure from it . To the extent it provokes anxiety , it must be modified to reduce the anxiety . Form and meaning are the two agents that control and man- age the fantasy , and they in turn may be sources of ...
... pleasure , we simply get pleasure from it . To the extent it provokes anxiety , it must be modified to reduce the anxiety . Form and meaning are the two agents that control and man- age the fantasy , and they in turn may be sources of ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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