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Article: Review of Fowler, Elizabeth. Literary Character: The Human Figure in Early English Writing.(Book review)
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- Early Modern Literary Studies
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- September 1, 2005
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Matthew Steggle. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Fowler, Elizabeth. Literary Character: The Human Figure in Early English Writing. Ithaca and London: Cornell UP, 2003. 263pp. ISBN 0 8014 4116 1.
Jane Grogan
Pennsylvania State University
jg261@yahoo.co.uk
Grogan, Jane. "Review of Fowler, Elizabeth. Literary Character: The Human Figure in Early English Writing." Early Modern Literary Studies 11.2 (September, 2005) 8.1-8
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As we are moved by poetry to imagine the human figure, we create ourselves and are created as persons.' Or, character appeals to affect and cognition, and thus it brings into being our interior experience as we read.' These deceptively bland statements ...