The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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... effects distract the mind . They destroy their persuasiveness ; you would not believe a man was very intent on ... effect of ease . For my part , if I get it at all , it is only by strenuous effort . Nature seldom provides me with ...
... effects distract the mind . They destroy their persuasiveness ; you would not believe a man was very intent on ... effect of ease . For my part , if I get it at all , it is only by strenuous effort . Nature seldom provides me with ...
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... 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 emotional 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 emotional power of rhythmical speech . But more than that : verse forces on the matter a ...
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... effects of which his art is capable . For the drama is make - believe . It does not deal with truth but with effect . That willing suspen- sion of disbelief of which Coleridge wrote is essential to it . The importance of truth to the ...
... effects of which his art is capable . For the drama is make - believe . It does not deal with truth but with effect . That willing suspen- sion of disbelief of which Coleridge wrote is essential to it . The importance of truth to the ...
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