"Interface" refers to the interaction of substances in a kind of mutual irritation. In art and poetry this is precisely the technique of "symbolism" (Greek "symballein" -- to throw together) with its paratectic procedure of juxtaposing without connectives. It is the natural form of conversation or dialogue rather than of written discourse.
Preface to Harold Innis’s Bias of Communication, 1964, p viii
Year: 1964
Chapter:
Symbolists
Compiled by William Kuhns
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