A poesia dos Metafísicos : modos da expressão e o efeito de "awareness" : I - wit
In this first of a series of articles on the same subject, the focus is on Wit. Some critical attitudes towards Wit, either as a textual, function or as a reading effect, are considered to be of particular importance. The author refers to some seventeenth and twentieth century poems, thereby suggest...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | por |
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1984
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10216/8900 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/8900 |
| Summary: | In this first of a series of articles on the same subject, the focus is on Wit. Some critical attitudes towards Wit, either as a textual, function or as a reading effect, are considered to be of particular importance. The author refers to some seventeenth and twentieth century poems, thereby suggesting that a proper use of Wit may, through the ambiguity, complexity or extent of a poetical statement, lead one from the act of reading to a moment of awareness. |
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