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... becomes institu- tionalised as written literature . Beowulf , the great Anglo - Saxon epic , for example , is the ... become fixed and unchangeable ; dramatic gestures and voice inflections of the performer as well as the relevant ...
... becomes institu- tionalised as written literature . Beowulf , the great Anglo - Saxon epic , for example , is the ... become fixed and unchangeable ; dramatic gestures and voice inflections of the performer as well as the relevant ...
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... become an important stylistic technique . The really distinguishing feature of narrative fiction is that it is ... becomes evident . With the exception of folk tales and the earliest epics which were memorised and recited publicly ...
... become an important stylistic technique . The really distinguishing feature of narrative fiction is that it is ... becomes evident . With the exception of folk tales and the earliest epics which were memorised and recited publicly ...
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... become so artificial and heightened that the verb ' to speak ' is no longer perfectly suitable , something rather grander is needed in its place : he preached or mused , perhaps . In any case , conscious inversion provides suspense and ...
... become so artificial and heightened that the verb ' to speak ' is no longer perfectly suitable , something rather grander is needed in its place : he preached or mused , perhaps . In any case , conscious inversion provides suspense and ...
Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Drama and the Theatre | 101 |
Copyright | |
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