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... create illusions extends not only to the storms and rainbows of the island and to its insubstantial atmo- sphere , but also to the emotional agony and melancholy of the shipwrecked travelers . Knowing they act in Prospero's play does ...
... create illusions extends not only to the storms and rainbows of the island and to its insubstantial atmo- sphere , but also to the emotional agony and melancholy of the shipwrecked travelers . Knowing they act in Prospero's play does ...
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... creating the world , the great creator had to create himself . Far from being the potent virile father figure of the creation scenes , a feeble old man tries to emerge from the womb of a whirling cloud which envelops him like a ...
... creating the world , the great creator had to create himself . Far from being the potent virile father figure of the creation scenes , a feeble old man tries to emerge from the womb of a whirling cloud which envelops him like a ...
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... create a radical perceptual situation . When he invites us to fold in our own language , to enter the text at any point , he is not only proposing a specialized activity but also alert- ing us to what has been happening all the while ...
... create a radical perceptual situation . When he invites us to fold in our own language , to enter the text at any point , he is not only proposing a specialized activity but also alert- ing us to what has been happening all the while ...
Contents
ONE Introduction | 3 |
the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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