Failure to grasp centrifugal meaning is incomplete reading; failure to grasp centripetal meaning is incompetent reading. (Northrop Frye)

Failure to grasp centrifugal meaning is incomplete reading; failure to grasp centripetal meaning is incompetent reading.

Northrop Frye

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