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Page 68
... Language , with and without the revivifying force of imagination , is the chief concern of Snow White , as it is in most of Barthelme's fiction . It includes discussions of “ ' the “ blanketing " effect of or- dinary language , ' the ...
... Language , with and without the revivifying force of imagination , is the chief concern of Snow White , as it is in most of Barthelme's fiction . It includes discussions of “ ' the “ blanketing " effect of or- dinary language , ' the ...
Page 170
... language - and the things that language names and iden- tifies to a kitchen midden of dehumanized potsherds that no literary archeologist in his right mind would ever try to piece together . ( p . 27 ) Her favorite remains Saul Bellow ...
... language - and the things that language names and iden- tifies to a kitchen midden of dehumanized potsherds that no literary archeologist in his right mind would ever try to piece together . ( p . 27 ) Her favorite remains Saul Bellow ...
Page 175
... language , and at that point language is of course left behind — but it is the function of creative language to be left behind , to leave itself behind , in just that way . The word is un- necessary once it is spoken , but it has to be ...
... language , and at that point language is of course left behind — but it is the function of creative language to be left behind , to leave itself behind , in just that way . The word is un- necessary once it is spoken , but it has to be ...
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