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propitiousness

The legacy of German Expressionism provided a more propitious framework for the development of a major debate within Marxism than its contemporary French counterpart, surrealism, was to do

—p.197 Reflections in Conclusion (196) by Fredric Jameson
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malediction

it converts its own malediction into a theodicy

—p.194 Commitment (177) by Theodor W. Adorno
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fulminate

the adherents of a philosophy which has since degenerated into a mere ideological sport, fulminate in pre-1933 fashion against artistic distortion

—p.189 Commitment (177) by Theodor W. Adorno
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panegyric

When Brecht became a panegyrist of its harmony, his lyric voice had to swallow chalk, and it started to grate.

—p.187 Commitment (177) by Theodor W. Adorno
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aporia

Aporia of this sort multiply until they affect the Brechtian tone itself, the very fibre of his poetic art

—p.187 Commitment (177) by Theodor W. Adorno
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