Literary Criticism: A Short History. Classical and neo-classical criticism, Volume 1University of Chicago P., 1978 - 336 pages |
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... pleasure in contemplating holy men , when I view them as the teeth of the Church , tearing men away from their errors . . . . It is with the greatest pleasure too that I recognize them under the figure of sheep that have been shorn ...
... pleasure in contemplating holy men , when I view them as the teeth of the Church , tearing men away from their errors . . . . It is with the greatest pleasure too that I recognize them under the figure of sheep that have been shorn ...
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... pleasure in the contemplation of suffering , the evocation of painful emotions ? Another classical answer was the mimetic : —that our pleasure in the imitation of a disagreeable or a painful object ( a dunghill 3 or a murder ) arises ...
... pleasure in the contemplation of suffering , the evocation of painful emotions ? Another classical answer was the mimetic : —that our pleasure in the imitation of a disagreeable or a painful object ( a dunghill 3 or a murder ) arises ...
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... pleasure in watching the struggle of armies upon a battlefield — so long as we ourselves are standing out of danger . " But a second affective explanation of tragic pleasure which had arisen during the 17th century was a less clearly ...
... pleasure in watching the struggle of armies upon a battlefield — so long as we ourselves are standing out of danger . " But a second affective explanation of tragic pleasure which had arisen during the 17th century was a less clearly ...
Contents
Socrates and the Rhapsode PAGE | 3 |
The Internal Focus 555 | 16 |
Poetry as Structure | 21 |
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