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Page 83
... less . As for myself , I find that as I watch an " entertainment , " I am totally en- grossed much of the time , but at various moments I become rest- less and aware of myself again , aware , perhaps , that I am sitting in a theater ...
... less . As for myself , I find that as I watch an " entertainment , " I am totally en- grossed much of the time , but at various moments I become rest- less and aware of myself again , aware , perhaps , that I am sitting in a theater ...
Page 139
... less from the sound of Johnson's lines - and we get less . Pope strikes much closer to the bone . His words are physical , his subject soli- tary . With Johnson . " we wish'd " ; with Pope , " he heaves . " What- ever fears of a ...
... less from the sound of Johnson's lines - and we get less . Pope strikes much closer to the bone . His words are physical , his subject soli- tary . With Johnson . " we wish'd " ; with Pope , " he heaves . " What- ever fears of a ...
Page 164
... less involved . Edgar Allan Poe discovered that if you take the story line off the detective story , the audience ... less relevant , less presentable thoughts prompted by the joke to sneak up on us , to take us unawares , as it were ...
... less involved . Edgar Allan Poe discovered that if you take the story line off the detective story , the audience ... less relevant , less presentable thoughts prompted by the joke to sneak up on us , to take us unawares , as it were ...
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A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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