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Page 3
... accepted realistic surface of things and emphasize , at the expense of the rational and mechanical , of the scientific in its simpler manifestations , the irrational , the uncon- scious , the mythical . Reality lies in a hitherto ...
... accepted realistic surface of things and emphasize , at the expense of the rational and mechanical , of the scientific in its simpler manifestations , the irrational , the uncon- scious , the mythical . Reality lies in a hitherto ...
Page 5
... accept it ; and that this should be so is the index of Joyce's triumph . It is gained by unsparing concentration on Stephen's mind and its develop- ment from those first sentences of baby talk or , rather , of the equivalents of baby ...
... accept it ; and that this should be so is the index of Joyce's triumph . It is gained by unsparing concentration on Stephen's mind and its develop- ment from those first sentences of baby talk or , rather , of the equivalents of baby ...
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... accept Clyde as something of a universal figure . This , Dreiser seems to be telling us , is the truth about man , will - less man , forever the victim of circum- stances . The tragedy , if tragedy there is , lies in the implicit ...
... accept Clyde as something of a universal figure . This , Dreiser seems to be telling us , is the truth about man , will - less man , forever the victim of circum- stances . The tragedy , if tragedy there is , lies in the implicit ...
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