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Page 134
... television is developed largely through his expert selection and arrangement of meta- phor . Plainly he is outraged by television , at least as television now is constituted ; and his purpose is to make us share his revulsion . On a ...
... television is developed largely through his expert selection and arrangement of meta- phor . Plainly he is outraged by television , at least as television now is constituted ; and his purpose is to make us share his revulsion . On a ...
Page 135
... television as a long river ( Mississippi possibly connoting , in addi- tion , muddiness ) contrasted with the grander oceanic form of motion pic- tures ; phosphorescent ( suggesting the dull glow that emanates from decay- ing matter at ...
... television as a long river ( Mississippi possibly connoting , in addi- tion , muddiness ) contrasted with the grander oceanic form of motion pic- tures ; phosphorescent ( suggesting the dull glow that emanates from decay- ing matter at ...
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... television man's in- veterate revulsion against jelly - like substances . He has , in fact , gone much further , to present television as irritating and affronting all the senses , either figuratively ( despite the images , television ...
... television man's in- veterate revulsion against jelly - like substances . He has , in fact , gone much further , to present television as irritating and affronting all the senses , either figuratively ( despite the images , television ...
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