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Page xi
... possible , to derive general principles from the close analysis of particular literary texts . As an aid to the general reader , a glossary of some of the psychoanalytical terms used appears at the end of the book . To say why I regard ...
... possible , to derive general principles from the close analysis of particular literary texts . As an aid to the general reader , a glossary of some of the psychoanalytical terms used appears at the end of the book . To say why I regard ...
Page xv
... possible . What this book creates is an hypothesis , but it is at least a testable hypothesis , unlike most literary theories . A psy- chologist skilled in designing experiments could confirm or deny the conclusions reached here , and I ...
... possible . What this book creates is an hypothesis , but it is at least a testable hypothesis , unlike most literary theories . A psy- chologist skilled in designing experiments could confirm or deny the conclusions reached here , and I ...
Page 48
... possible . He longs to know the se- crets his father knows and to do the grown - up things his father does . The little girl's development is somewhat different because she feels , as it were , that the damage has already been done . In ...
... possible . He longs to know the se- crets his father knows and to do the grown - up things his father does . The little girl's development is somewhat different because she feels , as it were , that the damage has already been done . In ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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