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Richard Daniel Altick. to a greater or less extent upon the device of allusion . The degree of understanding with which anyone reads is directly proportional to the readiness with which he recognizes allusions when he encounters them ...
Richard Daniel Altick. to a greater or less extent upon the device of allusion . The degree of understanding with which anyone reads is directly proportional to the readiness with which he recognizes allusions when he encounters them ...
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... allusion to Friar John , that cele- brated figure in Rabelais who took a healthy delight in the pleasures of the flesh . Thus we have , in a single paragraph , a series of four allusions , drawn from the Old Testament , the history of ...
... allusion to Friar John , that cele- brated figure in Rabelais who took a healthy delight in the pleasures of the flesh . Thus we have , in a single paragraph , a series of four allusions , drawn from the Old Testament , the history of ...
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... allusion will not be easily forgotten . One very common use of historical allusions is in case - making , for the sake of suggesting parallels , however inaccurate or farfetched , between a current situation and one in the past . Thus a ...
... allusion will not be easily forgotten . One very common use of historical allusions is in case - making , for the sake of suggesting parallels , however inaccurate or farfetched , between a current situation and one in the past . Thus a ...
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