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(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody

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caesura



the brief collective phantasm of romanticism following the caesura of modernity

—p.165 Energumen Capitalism (163) by Jean-François Lyotard
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The riots marked a sharp caesura in the lives of Caribbean migrants to Britain

—p.190 by Stuart Hall
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the caesura between bourgeois society and capitalism should not be conceived as some absolute discontinuity but rather as a problem to be resolved by historical studies

—p.90 The Abolitionist—II (69) by Gopal Balakrishnan
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A time of abeyance for me, I have had small ones before, but none so long or profound as this. A caesura in my life.

—p.680 1951–1962: Living Between the United States and Europe (503) by Patricia Highsmith
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many felt that the step had been premature, that neither would Britain al­low such a caesura, nor could India survive on its own

oooh really cool use of the term

—p.33 Bandung (31) by Vijay Prashad
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This specific event, the caesura from Malaysia,

—p.252 Singapore (245) by Vijay Prashad
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In that caesura so much richness lies

this writing omg

—p.25 Impressions of a Paranoid Optimist (23) by Mary Caponegro
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Those who wish today to philosophize in Marx not only come after him, but come after Marxism: they cannot be content merely to register the caesura Marx created, but must also think on the ambivalence of the effects that caesura produced – both in its proponents and its opponents

—p.118 Science and Revolution (113) by Étienne Balibar
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The caesura effected by Marx has been more or less clearly acknowledged, more or less willingly accepted; it has even given rise to violent refutations and strenuous attempts at neutralization

on Marx as a writer who has transformed philosophy

—p.4 Marxist Philosophy or Marx’s Philosophy? (1) by Étienne Balibar
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Another advantage of those voiced intrusions is to provide a kind of beat or a caesura in the ongoing narrative.

—p.304 E. L. DOCTOROW (299) missing author
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