Criticism: The Foundations of Modern Literary JudgmentMark Schorer, Josephine Miles, Gordon McKenzie Harcourt, Brace, 1948 - 553 pages |
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Page 88
... simple effects of contrast and comprise a revelation of moral beauty transcending national considerations al- together ; and the pattern was often broken by gross contradictions and incongruities . Yet inno- cence as drawn by Henry ...
... simple effects of contrast and comprise a revelation of moral beauty transcending national considerations al- together ; and the pattern was often broken by gross contradictions and incongruities . Yet inno- cence as drawn by Henry ...
Page 205
... Simple or Complex , for the actions in real life , of which the plots are an imitation , obviously show a similar distinction . 2. An action which is one and continuous in the sense above defined , I call Simple , when the change of ...
... Simple or Complex , for the actions in real life , of which the plots are an imitation , obviously show a similar distinction . 2. An action which is one and continuous in the sense above defined , I call Simple , when the change of ...
Page 350
... simple kind , an expression of culti- vated and good - humoured sensuality ; this does not by any means destroy the pathetic dignity of the close . There is a suggestion that the author finds the convention fascinating but absurd ...
... simple kind , an expression of culti- vated and good - humoured sensuality ; this does not by any means destroy the pathetic dignity of the close . There is a suggestion that the author finds the convention fascinating but absurd ...
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