Criticism; the Foundations of Modern Literary JudgmentMark Schorer Harcourt, Brace, 1958 - 553 pages |
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... action which underlies the recent studies of poetry which I have mentioned . Mr. Burke's phrase , " language as symbolic action , " expresses the idea , and so does his dictum : " The poet spontaneously knows that ' beauty is as beauty ...
... action which underlies the recent studies of poetry which I have mentioned . Mr. Burke's phrase , " language as symbolic action , " expresses the idea , and so does his dictum : " The poet spontaneously knows that ' beauty is as beauty ...
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... action , seen ironically and sym- pathetically as one , will be realized . 3. The third actualization is in the words of the play . The seeking action which is the sub- stance of the play is imitated first in the plot , second in the ...
... action , seen ironically and sym- pathetically as one , will be realized . 3. The third actualization is in the words of the play . The seeking action which is the sub- stance of the play is imitated first in the plot , second in the ...
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... action ; and an action implies personal agents , who necessarily possess certain distinctive quali- ties both of character and thought ; for it is by these that we qualify actions themselves , and these thought and character - are the ...
... action ; and an action implies personal agents , who necessarily possess certain distinctive quali- ties both of character and thought ; for it is by these that we qualify actions themselves , and these thought and character - are the ...
Contents
PLATO The Poet in the Republic | 1 |
LONGINUS On the Sublime | 10 |
THOMAS HOBBES Answer to Sir William Davenants | 25 |
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