Twentieth-century American Literature, 6. köideChelsea House Publishers, 1985 |
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Page 3311
... mind in- structed in mortality has a natural love of the body , and it is without sympathy for any denial of the body's beauty or actuality , a denial to which the mind is often tempted . Thus , in " The Equilibrists , " two lovers who ...
... mind in- structed in mortality has a natural love of the body , and it is without sympathy for any denial of the body's beauty or actuality , a denial to which the mind is often tempted . Thus , in " The Equilibrists , " two lovers who ...
Page 3318
... mind which hunts out the concrete are working at cross - purposes ; if they ever meet , it is in collision . Summing ... mind to equilibria , to polarities . In " Painted Head " he mourns the decapitation of man , who can no longer think ...
... mind which hunts out the concrete are working at cross - purposes ; if they ever meet , it is in collision . Summing ... mind to equilibria , to polarities . In " Painted Head " he mourns the decapitation of man , who can no longer think ...
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... mind itself . That " early American quality " of mind - resolute , courageous , self - reliant , and willing to con- front the hard realities of existence with determination and with confidence in future possibilities - is given apt ...
... mind itself . That " early American quality " of mind - resolute , courageous , self - reliant , and willing to con- front the hard realities of existence with determination and with confidence in future possibilities - is given apt ...
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