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Contemporary disillusionment with Western society and frustration in finding new themes , forms and modes of expression inevitably welcomes a literature which mirrors those preoccupations but plays them off against a vital traditional ...
Contemporary disillusionment with Western society and frustration in finding new themes , forms and modes of expression inevitably welcomes a literature which mirrors those preoccupations but plays them off against a vital traditional ...
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Some cultures are more receptive than others to dance as a form of expression and have evolved highly sophisticated forms and conventions . Dance is often a very normal part of religious ritual , as it is of social entertainment ...
Some cultures are more receptive than others to dance as a form of expression and have evolved highly sophisticated forms and conventions . Dance is often a very normal part of religious ritual , as it is of social entertainment ...
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Poetry subordinates musical structures of language to the direct expression or communication of experience , but it is also possible to arrange words into musical patterns for other purposes , such as for the communication of ...
Poetry subordinates musical structures of language to the direct expression or communication of experience , but it is also possible to arrange words into musical patterns for other purposes , such as for the communication of ...
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
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