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Tag: Charles Williams

Charles Williams on how poems mean

July 17, 2006 ~ Tim ~ 1 Comment

“…when a poem is said to have two meanings, both are…in the poem…the poem is their union.”

Charles Williams, The Figure of Beatrice, 45

see also Nabakov here.

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