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present time ( a ' time machine ' or ' flash - back ' so - called ) , it is to give some relevant information as to character formation or motive on the one hand , or to refocus attention towards a resulting pattern of ideas on the ...
present time ( a ' time machine ' or ' flash - back ' so - called ) , it is to give some relevant information as to character formation or motive on the one hand , or to refocus attention towards a resulting pattern of ideas on the ...
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reduced to ' sad ' on the one hand and ' funny ' on the other . The tragedy of an aeroplane crash is a very different thing from a literary tragedy , as is the comedy of funny stories and jokes told by a television entertainer from what ...
reduced to ' sad ' on the one hand and ' funny ' on the other . The tragedy of an aeroplane crash is a very different thing from a literary tragedy , as is the comedy of funny stories and jokes told by a television entertainer from what ...
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In the line , ' The hand that signed the paper felled a city ' ( Thomas , p . 66 ) , the word ' felled ' stands out , not because it fails to make literal sense but because it violates a basic convention of word choice and combination .
In the line , ' The hand that signed the paper felled a city ' ( Thomas , p . 66 ) , the word ' felled ' stands out , not because it fails to make literal sense but because it violates a basic convention of word choice and combination .
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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 |
Copyright | |
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