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... metaphor for the universe : " The universe ( which others call the Library ) is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite num- ber of hexagonal galleries , with vast air shafts between , surrounded by very low railings " ( 51 ) ...
... metaphor for the universe : " The universe ( which others call the Library ) is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite num- ber of hexagonal galleries , with vast air shafts between , surrounded by very low railings " ( 51 ) ...
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... metaphor is subjected to a controlled disintegration that leaves the reader its only possessor . The story spirals drunkenly inward and is saved from chaotic dissolution only by a reduction so deft and unforeseen that it traps us ...
... metaphor is subjected to a controlled disintegration that leaves the reader its only possessor . The story spirals drunkenly inward and is saved from chaotic dissolution only by a reduction so deft and unforeseen that it traps us ...
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... metaphor : " this very fine flower of U.S. art is warped out of alignment " ( KH , 27 ) . Williams's own art , the flower before him , is now more than a possession - it is something he can do . Through his poetry , the metaphor finally ...
... metaphor : " this very fine flower of U.S. art is warped out of alignment " ( KH , 27 ) . Williams's own art , the flower before him , is now more than a possession - it is something he can do . Through his poetry , the metaphor finally ...
Contents
ONE Introduction | 3 |
the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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