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... stands at the center of his island , he stands for a moment at the center of our world ; his cave reaches down to the sea , as his imagination embraces the heavens . But there is a limit to what the mind can control , except as ...
... stands at the center of his island , he stands for a moment at the center of our world ; his cave reaches down to the sea , as his imagination embraces the heavens . But there is a limit to what the mind can control , except as ...
Page 97
... stands at the still center of the poem , pointed - in calm imitation of his death- toward heaven . This figural posture is ... stand only if the posture is the inevitable realization of his body . 97 Incarnate space in Paradise Regained.
... stands at the still center of the poem , pointed - in calm imitation of his death- toward heaven . This figural posture is ... stand only if the posture is the inevitable realization of his body . 97 Incarnate space in Paradise Regained.
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... stand as a quotation from the poem , and a catalog of the poem's effects would include spatial clusters , faceless signs . Paterson's blank space is often articulate : We leap awake and what we see fells us • Let terror twist the world ...
... stand as a quotation from the poem , and a catalog of the poem's effects would include spatial clusters , faceless signs . Paterson's blank space is often articulate : We leap awake and what we see fells us • Let terror twist the world ...
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the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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