An Author's Life for Me: A Reader's Guide to Author's Jargon 38

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Friday, September 24, 2010

A Reader's Guide to Author's Jargon 38

logic suspenders an impossibility presented and accepted by the reader, generally as a necessity that serves art, but sometimes as a triviality that gives an author great joy. The prime example is W.S. Gilbert's setting of The Pirates of Penzance Act I on the protagonist's birthday on a sunny day on... Sign in to see full entry.

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