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... reader to appre- hend by other means than sight , as Samson does , as if from within his being . Yet the uses of language just discussed create another effect , which might almost seem to contradict what we have defined as the reader's ...
... reader to appre- hend by other means than sight , as Samson does , as if from within his being . Yet the uses of language just discussed create another effect , which might almost seem to contradict what we have defined as the reader's ...
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... reader is aware of meanings other than those intended by Sam- son , the two kinds of meanings are not in contrast or conflict : what Samson states is not contradicted by what he expresses . The difference between the reader's view of ...
... reader is aware of meanings other than those intended by Sam- son , the two kinds of meanings are not in contrast or conflict : what Samson states is not contradicted by what he expresses . The difference between the reader's view of ...
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... reader in the beginning hears both . Samson's words apply to true facts of his immediate experience , but they also act for the reader almost as terms in a series of metaphors connecting these true facts to meanings which are unspoken ...
... reader in the beginning hears both . Samson's words apply to true facts of his immediate experience , but they also act for the reader almost as terms in a series of metaphors connecting these true facts to meanings which are unspoken ...
Contents
PART ONE Paradise Lost | 19 |
Satanic Rhetoric | 41 |
The Alterd Stile of Fallen Men | 69 |
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