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'''V. OUTLINE OF A VISIONARY HERMENEUTIC APPROPRIATION''' | '''V. OUTLINE OF A VISIONARY HERMENEUTIC APPROPRIATION''' | ||
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Examples of greatness lie about us, living texts of renown. Let each set before himself the greatest in his line, not so much as something to follow as something to spur him on.{{sfn|Gracián|2008|p=25}} | |||
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The centrality Mailer attributes to Hemingway among American writers would be seldom, if ever, far from his own mind during his writing life. It acquired the invisible center in his own gravity in his own writing. Initially,{{pg|170|171}} | The centrality Mailer attributes to Hemingway among American writers would be seldom, if ever, far from his own mind during his writing life. It acquired the invisible center in his own gravity in his own writing. Initially,{{pg|170|171}} | ||