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Page 66
... called into question . In some accounts , the eye even seems capable of a form of sympathetic magic . As the numerous syntheses between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries suggest , the theory of eyebeams also seems to reflect an ...
... called into question . In some accounts , the eye even seems capable of a form of sympathetic magic . As the numerous syntheses between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries suggest , the theory of eyebeams also seems to reflect an ...
Page 123
... called the ' books of the laity . ' In its conjunction with the present order , the eye thus becomes a particularly useful instrument of power : partly through the kind of visual subjection that Hakewill's notion of ' eie - service ...
... called the ' books of the laity . ' In its conjunction with the present order , the eye thus becomes a particularly useful instrument of power : partly through the kind of visual subjection that Hakewill's notion of ' eie - service ...
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... called the ' false rule of sense . ' Her words are particularly important for their proleptic func- tion , since it is precisely this need for visual certitude which will be played upon and perverted by the waxworks . In the fourth act ...
... called the ' false rule of sense . ' Her words are particularly important for their proleptic func- tion , since it is precisely this need for visual certitude which will be played upon and perverted by the waxworks . In the fourth act ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | iii |
THE DARK LANTERN | 45 |
THE REFORMED EYE | 107 |
Copyright | |
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