SwiftHarvester Press, 1986 - 153 pages |
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Page 32
... signifying some measure of self - defeating dubiety . F. R. Leavis ' distrust of Swift's ' skeletal presence , rigid enough , but without life or body ' stems from these moments in Swift's ironic texts where the ' life ' of the persona ...
... signifying some measure of self - defeating dubiety . F. R. Leavis ' distrust of Swift's ' skeletal presence , rigid enough , but without life or body ' stems from these moments in Swift's ironic texts where the ' life ' of the persona ...
Page 89
... signifying passion ( XI : 226 ) . It can perform what it wants to express as with the Grey's protection of Gulliver by neighing ' in a Style of Authority ' ( XI : 228 ) . The Houynhynm brand of perfection lies in their careful ...
... signifying passion ( XI : 226 ) . It can perform what it wants to express as with the Grey's protection of Gulliver by neighing ' in a Style of Authority ' ( XI : 228 ) . The Houynhynm brand of perfection lies in their careful ...
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... signifying its subject , by implying a vast textuality which incorporates the reader and which , therefore , he can participate in but is no longer free to comment on . ' Just in case we took signifying as the signified content of the ...
... signifying its subject , by implying a vast textuality which incorporates the reader and which , therefore , he can participate in but is no longer free to comment on . ' Just in case we took signifying as the signified content of the ...
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