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pathetic fallacy |
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pathetic fallacy (in literature) the presentation of inanimate objects in nature as possessing human feelings How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Partially in response to "not wanting to be the wallpaper guy" (this is Marti's seventh such project), he fashioned The Pathetic Fallacy, 2001, a hard-edged but biomorphic sculpture for the gallery floor. This is a pitiable ploy, if not an outright pathetic fallacy. The final exam I gave my students at the close of the fall semester asked for the definition of pathetic fallacy, which is John Ruskin's synonym for anthropomorphism. |
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