Preface to Critical ReadingHolt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1969 - 360 páginas |
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... Television is a vast , phosphorescent Mississippi of the senses , on the banks of which one can soon lose one's judgment and eventually lose one's mind . The medium itself is depressing . The shuddering fluorescent jelly of which it's ...
... Television is a vast , phosphorescent Mississippi of the senses , on the banks of which one can soon lose one's judgment and eventually lose one's mind . The medium itself is depressing . The shuddering fluorescent jelly of which it's ...
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... television as a long river ( Mississippi possibly connoting , in addi- tion , muddiness ) contrasted with the grander oceanic form of motion pic- tures ; phosphorescent ( suggesting the dull glow that emanates from decay- ing matter at ...
... television as a long river ( Mississippi possibly connoting , in addi- tion , muddiness ) contrasted with the grander oceanic form of motion pic- tures ; phosphorescent ( suggesting the dull glow that emanates from decay- ing matter at ...
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... television man's in- veterate revulsion against jelly - like substances . He has , in fact , gone much further , to present television as irritating and affronting all the senses , either figuratively ( despite the images ...
... television man's in- veterate revulsion against jelly - like substances . He has , in fact , gone much further , to present television as irritating and affronting all the senses , either figuratively ( despite the images ...
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Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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