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Page 113
... persons whom the playwright in- troduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon the scene later , a sense of disappointment ensues . The astute dramatist presents ...
... persons whom the playwright in- troduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon the scene later , a sense of disappointment ensues . The astute dramatist presents ...
Page 189
... person . I sus- pect that the writers who deny that they use actual persons deceive themselves ( which is not impossible , since you can be a very good novelist without being very intelligent ) or deceive us . When they tell the truth ...
... person . I sus- pect that the writers who deny that they use actual persons deceive themselves ( which is not impossible , since you can be a very good novelist without being very intelligent ) or deceive us . When they tell the truth ...
Page 190
... person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he is intimately connected or not . It is often enough for him to have caught a glimpse of ...
... person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he is intimately connected or not . It is often enough for him to have caught a glimpse of ...
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