The Quarterly Review, Volumes 222-242John Murray, 1924 |
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... literature . Accidents even in real life amuse us when they are not too serious , and we think none the worse of those to whom they happen . In the make - believe world of literature , on the other hand , we can laugh at disasters that ...
... literature . Accidents even in real life amuse us when they are not too serious , and we think none the worse of those to whom they happen . In the make - believe world of literature , on the other hand , we can laugh at disasters that ...
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... literature are somewhat different from our sensibilities in life . They may be founded on our sensibilities in life , but in literature an element of play - is not even ' Hamlet ' called a ' play ' ? - of make - believe , enters into ...
... literature are somewhat different from our sensibilities in life . They may be founded on our sensibilities in life , but in literature an element of play - is not even ' Hamlet ' called a ' play ' ? - of make - believe , enters into ...
Page 52
... literature . Accidents even in real life amuse us when they are not too serious , and we think none the worse of those to whom they happen . In the make - believe world of literature , on the other hand , we can laugh at disasters that ...
... literature . Accidents even in real life amuse us when they are not too serious , and we think none the worse of those to whom they happen . In the make - believe world of literature , on the other hand , we can laugh at disasters that ...
Contents
The League of Nations | 1 |
Mediæval Music | 5 |
The Study of Earthquakes | 7 |
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