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Theory of Literature
courages the illusion that the analysis of any element of an arti-
fact, whether of content or of technique, must be equally useful,
and thus absolves us from the obligation to see the work in its
totality. "Content" and "form" are terms used in too widely
different senses for them to be, merely juxtaposed, helpful ;
deed, even after careful definition, they too simply dichotomize
the work of art. A modern analysis of the work of art has to
begin with more complex questions: its mode of existence, its
system of strata. 8
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