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... passions are veritably passive . It was , however , the essence of Stendhal's conception of passion that it should issue , and issue immediately in act . Whether the act seems grandiose or ridiculous , momentous or merely STENDHAL 27.
... passions are veritably passive . It was , however , the essence of Stendhal's conception of passion that it should issue , and issue immediately in act . Whether the act seems grandiose or ridiculous , momentous or merely STENDHAL 27.
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... passionate episodes expressed in the natural language of passion . On the creative side one can think immediately of a dozen passages in the two great novels where the theory is superbly exemplified - for instance , the ' Qu'avez - vous ...
... passionate episodes expressed in the natural language of passion . On the creative side one can think immediately of a dozen passages in the two great novels where the theory is superbly exemplified - for instance , the ' Qu'avez - vous ...
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... passion is a passionate contemplation of the unity which pervades the chosen region : a creative passion to correspond with an organic unity . Whether the unity proceeds from the passion , or the passion from the unity , it would be ...
... passion is a passionate contemplation of the unity which pervades the chosen region : a creative passion to correspond with an organic unity . Whether the unity proceeds from the passion , or the passion from the unity , it would be ...
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THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM | 1 |
POETRY AND PROSE ΙΟ | 10 |
STENDHAL | 25 |
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