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concrete universal: a standalone construct

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Literary theory

the fusion of the particular and the general in a literary work, so that a concrete detail carries universal meaning.

In literary theory, concrete universal refers to the fusion of the particular and the general in a literary work, so that a concrete detail carries universal meaning. This meaning comes from Wimsatt (1947) in PMLA.[1]

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References

Wimsatt, W. K. (1947). The Structure of the "Concrete Universal" in Literature. PMLA, 62(1), 262. https://doi.org/10.2307/459204

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