The Centennial Review: CR., Volume 13College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, 1969 - Literature |
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Page 51
... language is the language of symbol- " hieroglyph " -and that divine symbols display their transcendent origin by being hermeti- cally obscure ; they hide their meanings and thus spur the mind of man to interpretation . The cosmos is the ...
... language is the language of symbol- " hieroglyph " -and that divine symbols display their transcendent origin by being hermeti- cally obscure ; they hide their meanings and thus spur the mind of man to interpretation . The cosmos is the ...
Page 149
... language . While the image of the inexorable " roller / Of wars , wars , wars " stalks her con- sciousness , she defies any power that would roll over her life , trampling her right to be what she would be . The bruising " You " which ...
... language . While the image of the inexorable " roller / Of wars , wars , wars " stalks her con- sciousness , she defies any power that would roll over her life , trampling her right to be what she would be . The bruising " You " which ...
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CR. totalitarian language structures which render genuine com- munication virtually impossible . George Steiner has written at length on the obscene corruptions of language which lay at the heart of the totalitarian prose employed in ...
CR. totalitarian language structures which render genuine com- munication virtually impossible . George Steiner has written at length on the obscene corruptions of language which lay at the heart of the totalitarian prose employed in ...
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