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" There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is — to teach ; the function of the second is — to move: the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere... "
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The Modern Student's Book of English Literature

Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. pride, is to move; the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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What Education Has the Most Worth?: A Study in Educational Values ...

Charles Franklin Thwing - 1924 - 254 lehte
...Alice Freemun Palmer, p. 29. between the literature of knowledge and the literature of power. He says: "The function of the first is, to teach; the function of the second is, to move: the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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Literary Aims and Art

Harrison Ross Steeves - 1927 - 264 lehte
...classic distinction of De Quincey's between the literature of knowledge and the literature of power : " The function of the first is to teach ; the function of the second is to move : the first is a rudder; the second, an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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The Making of Literature

Rolfe Arnold Scott-James - 1928 - 406 lehte
...to nail down in his distinction between the literature of knowledge and the literature of power — "The function of the first is — to teach; the function of the second is — to move." The sublime effect of literature, for Longinus, is attained, not by argument, but...
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The Study of Literature

Louise Dudley - 1928 - 416 lehte
...distinguished as the logical and the intuitive, the "literature of knowledge" and the "literature of power." "The function of the first is — to teach; the function of the second is — to move." l This emotional power, however, cannot be evolved by itself; it is a by-product of...
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The Journal of Education, 28. köide;38. köide

1906 - 888 lehte
...distinction between the literature of knowledge and the literature of power recurs to our mind : " The function of the first is to teach, the function of the second is to move; the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. . . . Remotely it may travel towards...
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Essays on Style, Rhetoric, and Language

Thomas De Quincey - 1893 - 292 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is, to teach ; the function of the second is, to move : the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition

Meyer Howard Abrams - 1971 - 420 lehte
...antithesis between the literature of knowledge and that of power on the relation of utterance to hearer: 'The function of the first is — to teach; the function of the second is — to move; the first is a rudder; the second, an oar or a sail.' ** In his essay on 'Style,' however,...
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Romantic Critical Essays

David Bromwich - 1987 - 320 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge; and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is - to teach; the function of the second is - to move: the first is a rudder; the second, an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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Knowledge and Indifference in English Romantic Prose

Tim Milnes - 2003 - 294 lehte
...say, uneasy: There is, first, the literature of knowledge; and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is - to teach; the function of the second is - to move [...]. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately,...
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