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... Freud , is the writer's " innermost secret , . . . the essential ars poetica . " 3 Freud's answer is at least as mysterious as the Muse herself , but Freud knew no New Critics . He had not been exposed , as , for ex- ample , modern ...
... Freud , is the writer's " innermost secret , . . . the essential ars poetica . " 3 Freud's answer is at least as mysterious as the Muse herself , but Freud knew no New Critics . He had not been exposed , as , for ex- ample , modern ...
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... Freud was also , in effect , discussing literary affect when he ana- lyzed jokes . Laughter , more analysts should recognize , is just as much a psychosomatic phenomenon as asthma or peptic ulcer- and a good deal easier to analyze . Freud ...
... Freud was also , in effect , discussing literary affect when he ana- lyzed jokes . Laughter , more analysts should recognize , is just as much a psychosomatic phenomenon as asthma or peptic ulcer- and a good deal easier to analyze . Freud ...
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... Freud's description of hu- mor . They give the same kind of dry amusement as the gallows jokes Freud used as illustrations of his thesis . The superego , instead of suppressing the ego , liberates it , even reassures it . The mecha ...
... Freud's description of hu- mor . They give the same kind of dry amusement as the gallows jokes Freud used as illustrations of his thesis . The superego , instead of suppressing the ego , liberates it , even reassures it . The mecha ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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