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... structure which is genuine and eternal retains its drama no matter how many times we read a work . Yet literature also generates a sense of accomplished form that sets all its temporal events outside time . Our perception of form ...
... structure which is genuine and eternal retains its drama no matter how many times we read a work . Yet literature also generates a sense of accomplished form that sets all its temporal events outside time . Our perception of form ...
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... structure is a mere decorative frame . The circular structure of Pearl is integral to our most vital experience of the poem and its vision . Far from being a transparent vessel for thematic content , it is for both poet and reader the ...
... structure is a mere decorative frame . The circular structure of Pearl is integral to our most vital experience of the poem and its vision . Far from being a transparent vessel for thematic content , it is for both poet and reader the ...
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... structure of space and time in Paradise Lost and Paradise Re- gained : " At the ideational crisis of Paradise Lost time becomes space ; at the idea- tional crisis of Paradise Regained space becomes time . " The Metaphoric Structure of ...
... structure of space and time in Paradise Lost and Paradise Re- gained : " At the ideational crisis of Paradise Lost time becomes space ; at the idea- tional crisis of Paradise Regained space becomes time . " The Metaphoric Structure of ...
Contents
ONE Introduction | 3 |
the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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