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Page 136
... reader establishes between the character and himself . He may recognize the character as true to some aspect of his ... reader recognizes in them facets of his own limited ex- perience . Readers , also , undoubtedly identify themselves ...
... reader establishes between the character and himself . He may recognize the character as true to some aspect of his ... reader recognizes in them facets of his own limited ex- perience . Readers , also , undoubtedly identify themselves ...
Page 137
Ralph Philip Boas. ter's failure is the reader's failure ; his triumph is the reader's triumph . The reader undoubtedly adopts a phys- ical attitude in sympathy with that of the character . The reader of the great duel scene in The ...
Ralph Philip Boas. ter's failure is the reader's failure ; his triumph is the reader's triumph . The reader undoubtedly adopts a phys- ical attitude in sympathy with that of the character . The reader of the great duel scene in The ...
Page 142
... reader of novels must , then , above every- thing , be able to recognize vitality when he meets it and must be catholic enough not to be led astray by mere brutality or by sexual frankness any more than by the seeming charm of ...
... reader of novels must , then , above every- thing , be able to recognize vitality when he meets it and must be catholic enough not to be led astray by mere brutality or by sexual frankness any more than by the seeming charm of ...
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Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College Harvard University. Library. Lamont Library,Lamont Library No preview available - 1953 |