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Personification and impossible fictions

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2015

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Nolan, Daniel

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British Academy and Oxford University Press

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Impossible fictions are not just the creations of puzzle-seeking philosophers or artists experimenting with the limits of fiction. Impossibilities can be found in relatively mundane fiction as well. This article argues that the device of personification,

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77147

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ANU Research Publications

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British Journal of Aesthetics

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10.1093/aesthj/ayt053

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