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... expression inevitably welcomes a literature which mirrors those preoccupations but plays them off against a vital traditional culture while celebrating spirituality , emotion and communality in literary forms and styles derived from ...
... expression inevitably welcomes a literature which mirrors those preoccupations but plays them off against a vital traditional culture while celebrating spirituality , emotion and communality in literary forms and styles derived from ...
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... 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 , and its effect on literary drama has always been electric . For some ...
... 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 , and its effect on literary drama has always been electric . For some ...
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... 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 information in a form which is easily remembered . Thirty days hath ...
... 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 information in a form which is easily remembered . Thirty days hath ...
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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