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... once again become the Minotaur . Within his house , unnervingly symmetrical and bloody , there are no contradictions . Its open doors , " whose number are infinite , " all look inward . We can inhabit and share Asterion's self ...
... once again become the Minotaur . Within his house , unnervingly symmetrical and bloody , there are no contradictions . Its open doors , " whose number are infinite , " all look inward . We can inhabit and share Asterion's self ...
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... once the first stirrings of his visionary answer balance house and field : " to the open fields I told / A prophecy " ( P , I , 50-51 ) . Bower and field find a home in his mind , as the poet seeks a home in them . Enclosure and far ...
... once the first stirrings of his visionary answer balance house and field : " to the open fields I told / A prophecy " ( P , I , 50-51 ) . Bower and field find a home in his mind , as the poet seeks a home in them . Enclosure and far ...
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... once writ- ten the form is unalterable . Two things qualify this statement- the addition of " Book Five " ( or Six ) , and the discovery that each act of reading violates and fulfills the form , sets it in motion . If a poem is words on ...
... once writ- ten the form is unalterable . Two things qualify this statement- the addition of " Book Five " ( or Six ) , and the discovery that each act of reading violates and fulfills the form , sets it in motion . If a poem is words on ...
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ONE Introduction | 3 |
the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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