The Living EyeThis volume is a translation of selections of L'Oeil vivant (1961 and 70). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. |
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... want to see , the eyes want to caress . We may add : the gaze wants to speak . It is willing to give up the faculty of immediate perception in exchange for the gift of fixing more permanently whatever flees its grasp . By contrast ...
... want to see , the eyes want to caress . We may add : the gaze wants to speak . It is willing to give up the faculty of immediate perception in exchange for the gift of fixing more permanently whatever flees its grasp . By contrast ...
Page 70
... wants to be sensitive - a sensitive soul - but above all he wants to be sensitive to himself , to feel " internal delights " inwardly , with no gap between himself and his object into which a mirror might be inserted or the ...
... wants to be sensitive - a sensitive soul - but above all he wants to be sensitive to himself , to feel " internal delights " inwardly , with no gap between himself and his object into which a mirror might be inserted or the ...
Page 83
... wants to make a name for himself , but he also wants that name to remain external to his identity , leaving him free to take up any of a thousand other names . The theme of confinement in Stendhal bears emphasizing . A name , a body , a ...
... wants to make a name for himself , but he also wants that name to remain external to his identity , leaving him free to take up any of a thousand other names . The theme of confinement in Stendhal bears emphasizing . A name , a body , a ...
Contents
JeanJacques Rousseau and the Peril of Reflection | 14 |
Pseudonymous Stendhal | 78 |
The Critical Relation | 112 |
Copyright | |
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