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... come right down to it , Mann has told us nothing we didn't know already . In short , what Gardner's life in letters has taught him is that " fic- tion simply dramatizes . " Examining closely the thematic import of Gardner's novels and ...
... come right down to it , Mann has told us nothing we didn't know already . In short , what Gardner's life in letters has taught him is that " fic- tion simply dramatizes . " Examining closely the thematic import of Gardner's novels and ...
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... come to us in the shape and form that they do . Chapter 1 discusses how Gardner develops his ideas on art as instruction and explo- ration in various fictional and nonfictional contexts . To Gardner the proper function of art is to ...
... come to us in the shape and form that they do . Chapter 1 discusses how Gardner develops his ideas on art as instruction and explo- ration in various fictional and nonfictional contexts . To Gardner the proper function of art is to ...
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... come before him ; most notably this strategy has given rise to his experi- mentation with genre ( Chapter 4 ) and , even more important , his collage technique , that is , his conscious use of literary allusions and the integration of ...
... come before him ; most notably this strategy has given rise to his experi- mentation with genre ( Chapter 4 ) and , even more important , his collage technique , that is , his conscious use of literary allusions and the integration of ...
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