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Page 73
... idea over the word , and the unexpected over the plausible event " ( " Editor's Foreword , " p . vii ) . The result is a near - total failure of comprehension , but one that inadvertently proves the point : that Stapledon's are fictions ...
... idea over the word , and the unexpected over the plausible event " ( " Editor's Foreword , " p . vii ) . The result is a near - total failure of comprehension , but one that inadvertently proves the point : that Stapledon's are fictions ...
Page 76
... idea ) . Unfortunately , McCarthy himself does not keep it continually in view . Passing from " Preliminaries " to ... ideas arising from them ; but the result , more often than not , is that the " hero " gets lost in an ...
... idea ) . Unfortunately , McCarthy himself does not keep it continually in view . Passing from " Preliminaries " to ... ideas arising from them ; but the result , more often than not , is that the " hero " gets lost in an ...
Page 243
... idea ( as opposed to thought ) in something of the sense Kingsley Amis gives the word ( except that Amis attributes no pejorative value to it in that sense ) . See Amis's full explanation of what he means by “ Idea as hero ” : New Maps ...
... idea ( as opposed to thought ) in something of the sense Kingsley Amis gives the word ( except that Amis attributes no pejorative value to it in that sense ) . See Amis's full explanation of what he means by “ Idea as hero ” : New Maps ...
Contents
Bülent Somay Towards an OpenEnded Utopia | 25 |
REVIEW ARTICLES | 61 |
Philmus Undertaking Stapledon | 71 |
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