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Page 140
... effect of a tirade in one of Racine's plays or of any of Shakespeare's great set pieces ; and this is independent of the sense ; it is due to the emo- tional power of rhythmical speech . But more than that : verse forces on the matter a ...
... effect of a tirade in one of Racine's plays or of any of Shakespeare's great set pieces ; and this is independent of the sense ; it is due to the emo- tional power of rhythmical speech . But more than that : verse forces on the matter a ...
Page 141
... effects of which his art is capa- ble . For the drama is make - believe . It does not deal with truth but with effect . That willing suspension of disbelief of which Coleridge wrote is essential to it . The importance of truth to the ...
... effects of which his art is capa- ble . For the drama is make - believe . It does not deal with truth but with effect . That willing suspension of disbelief of which Coleridge wrote is essential to it . The importance of truth to the ...
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... effect some aim of passing interest . Thinking that not the whole of life was long enough to learn to write well , I have been unwilling to give to other activities time that I so much needed to achieve the purpose I had in mind . I ...
... effect some aim of passing interest . Thinking that not the whole of life was long enough to learn to write well , I have been unwilling to give to other activities time that I so much needed to achieve the purpose I had in mind . I ...
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