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... imagination achieved their richest combination ' . No doubt the immediate object of our attention is his conception ... imaginative achievement would not have been possible had the novel not also been an achievement of judgment ; indeed ...
... imagination achieved their richest combination ' . No doubt the immediate object of our attention is his conception ... imaginative achievement would not have been possible had the novel not also been an achievement of judgment ; indeed ...
Page 225
... imaginative sympathy . Nor has he in Dead Man Leading ( 1937 ) . Harry Johnson is an explorer who deserts the ... imagination . Every so often in Dead Man Leading , however , Pritchett allows the comic writer in him to take over ...
... imaginative sympathy . Nor has he in Dead Man Leading ( 1937 ) . Harry Johnson is an explorer who deserts the ... imagination . Every so often in Dead Man Leading , however , Pritchett allows the comic writer in him to take over ...
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... imagination , for the creative imagination is the quality he most values in human beings . And the creative action of the imagination is un- ceasing and continuous , each man trying , in Cary's words , ' to create a universe which suits ...
... imagination , for the creative imagination is the quality he most values in human beings . And the creative action of the imagination is un- ceasing and continuous , each man trying , in Cary's words , ' to create a universe which suits ...
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