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The emotion of the audience , its interest , its laughter , are part of the action of the play . It creates it in the same way as we through our senses from the objective data create the beauty of the sunrise and the peace of the sea .
The emotion of the audience , its interest , its laughter , are part of the action of the play . It creates it in the same way as we through our senses from the objective data create the beauty of the sunrise and the peace of the sea .
Page 212
They are enriched by the emotion of all who have found solace and strength in their loveliness . Far then from thinking the asthetic emotion a specific , simple affair , I think it is a very complicated one , which is made up of various ...
They are enriched by the emotion of all who have found solace and strength in their loveliness . Far then from thinking the asthetic emotion a specific , simple affair , I think it is a very complicated one , which is made up of various ...
Page 213
It does ; and these sides of it are just as much part and parcel of the aesthetic emotion as the disinterested satisfaction in balance and composition . What exactly is one's reaction to a great work of art ?
It does ; and these sides of it are just as much part and parcel of the aesthetic emotion as the disinterested satisfaction in balance and composition . What exactly is one's reaction to a great work of art ?
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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