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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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7 years, 10 months ago


In fact, there is a caesura between one piece and the next, but it can only be recognized, or heard, by those who know to listen for it.

—p.131 Speech and Silence (115) by Jenny Erpenbeck
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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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Or that there wasn’t a caesura, that the career, as we call it, was something like a recipe experiment for the summer, something one had to have tried out before returning to regular recipes.

—p.81 Five (75) by Heike Geissler
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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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6 years, 6 months ago

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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7 years, 9 months ago


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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7 years, 9 months ago


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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