An Approach to Literature: A Collection of Prose and Verse with Analyses and DiscussionsCleanth Brooks, John Thibaut Purser, Robert Penn Warren F. S. Crofts & Company, 1939 - 634 pages |
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Page 11
... action . But it is only a piece of action and not a full action , in the sense that a story or a novel possesses an action . We see , in a moment before the motion of the train draws us away , the expression on the two faces , and then ...
... action . But it is only a piece of action and not a full action , in the sense that a story or a novel possesses an action . We see , in a moment before the motion of the train draws us away , the expression on the two faces , and then ...
Page 14
... action of fiction is different from the random piece of action given us by life in that it ( 1 ) is unified and complete , ( 2 ) has a certain logic of organization , and ( 3 ) embodies an interpretation . Indeed , each of these things ...
... action of fiction is different from the random piece of action given us by life in that it ( 1 ) is unified and complete , ( 2 ) has a certain logic of organization , and ( 3 ) embodies an interpretation . Indeed , each of these things ...
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... action before us . A drama is then a dialogue spoken by the characters , with direc tions from the author telling what the characters do and perhaps how they speak their lines , and with directions ( usually fairly brief ) describing ...
... action before us . A drama is then a dialogue spoken by the characters , with direc tions from the author telling what the characters do and perhaps how they speak their lines , and with directions ( usually fairly brief ) describing ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY | 17 |
Bret Harte | 35 |
Guy de Maupassant | 41 |
Copyright | |
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