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Description

Dreaming by the Book explores the almost miraculous processes by which poets and writers teach us the work of imaginative creation. Writers from Homer to Heaney instruct us in the art of mental composition, even as their poems progress. Just as painters understand paint, composers musical... read more

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First Sentence

When we speak in everyday conversation about the imagination, we often attribute to it powers that are greater than ordinary sensation.

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  1. Elaine Scarry (Author)

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  1. criticism
  2. litcrit 
 

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