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 The Principles of Literature
By
Jerrold Prothero, Ph.D.
 jdprothero@gmail.com
June 21
st
, 20092:48 GMT
 
The Principles of Literature
Copyright © 2009, Jerrold Prothero. All rights reserved. May distribute freely in unaltered form.Page 2
To Homer 
 For teachers are the torch the gods may send,Whose patient light, the wounds of darkness mend;Who, but they bring beginning, there be end.
 
The Principles of Literature
Copyright © 2009, Jerrold Prothero. All rights reserved. May distribute freely in unaltered form.Page 3
Table of Contents
Abstract
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1.
 
Introduction
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2.
 
The Fallacy of Genius
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3.
 
The Principles
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3.1 Be Invisible
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3.2 Explore through Contrast
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3.3 Unify through Commonality
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3.4 Unfold through Emotion
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3.5 Be Concise
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3.6 Questions of Principle
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4.
 
The Craft
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4.1 Inhabitation
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4.2 Theme and Mood
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4.3 Characters
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4.4 Plot and Setting
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4.5 Meter, Rhyme and Alliteration
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4.6 The Power of the Vacuum
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4.7 Reversal
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4.8 Avoid Self-Expression and Creative Writing
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4.9 Composition
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4.10 Ruins
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5.
 
Conclusion
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