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chris_p
on June 18, 2012
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I don't "get" art
Therefore, books and literature aren't art, since they express ideas, notions and feelings with nothing but words. Wait, what?
drumdance
on June 18, 2012
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They do so using metaphor, simile, plot and character, but very rarely direct argument. Remembrance of Things Past is not the same as "nostalgia is powerful."
crasshopper
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That is not a valid deduction from what leot said.
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