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... Language is drawn into the mutations which occur on the island ; all the play's language becomes metaphoric , and the dramatic action becomes verbal music . The Tempest's atmosphere , which extends the mind to the landscape of the body ...
... Language is drawn into the mutations which occur on the island ; all the play's language becomes metaphoric , and the dramatic action becomes verbal music . The Tempest's atmosphere , which extends the mind to the landscape of the body ...
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... language of his play , Prospero can create a new language whose " words / Are natural breath . " The metaphoric interpenetration of body and mind makes the island a space where language and thought share biologic rhythms . But the drama ...
... language of his play , Prospero can create a new language whose " words / Are natural breath . " The metaphoric interpenetration of body and mind makes the island a space where language and thought share biologic rhythms . But the drama ...
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... language acts through control imagery and follows associative channels . Burroughs's own language is equally capable of taking over a novel and short - circuiting its radical possibilities : " I prefer not to use my own words , I dont ...
... language acts through control imagery and follows associative channels . Burroughs's own language is equally capable of taking over a novel and short - circuiting its radical possibilities : " I prefer not to use my own words , I dont ...
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the circle as figural space | 25 |
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