Continuum, Volume 3AMS Press, 1991 - French literature |
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... possible . Certainly the consciousness of a disparity in linguistic means between the classical languages and the vernaculars was also beginning to im- pose itself more and more , so that it became possible to perceive the difference ...
... possible . Certainly the consciousness of a disparity in linguistic means between the classical languages and the vernaculars was also beginning to im- pose itself more and more , so that it became possible to perceive the difference ...
Page 58
... possible occurrences . The former conforms to historical truth , which is very specific , while the latter is governed by more general truths about human behavior . Yet Aristotle also writes in the Poetics that one considers possible ...
... possible occurrences . The former conforms to historical truth , which is very specific , while the latter is governed by more general truths about human behavior . Yet Aristotle also writes in the Poetics that one considers possible ...
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... possible , and if not , at least verisimilar . He scorned other literary works of his time for their corruption of history , and his goal was to make the novel a more graceful genre by infusing it with greater historical accuracy ...
... possible , and if not , at least verisimilar . He scorned other literary works of his time for their corruption of history , and his goal was to make the novel a more graceful genre by infusing it with greater historical accuracy ...
Contents
JOHN PORTER HOUSTON | 25 |
PHYLLIS K LEFFLER AND ELIZABETH M TILTON | 57 |
ROGER DUCHENE | 75 |
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