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A Resolving Kind of Click: Loren Eiseley, Frank Conroy and "The Authenticating Act of Memory."
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Grunst, Robert – 1992
The process of figuring things out probably is more intriguing than anything else. Metaphor and memory contribute to the figuring out which is done in two personal essays: "Think about It" by Frank Conroy and "The Hidden Teacher" by Loren Eiseley. Metaphor and memory close distances between text and reader, and evoke conditions…
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