Dear pamelab,
The quotation is located on page 307 in Langer's "Feeling and Form".
Here is the full quotation:
"It has been said repeatedly that the theater creates a perpetual
present moment; but it is only a present filled with its own future
that is really dramatic."
Sources:
Memory, imagination, and the cognitive value of the arts, by Donald
Dryden,Department of Philosophy, Duke University, Durham (PDF file)
http://wernicke.ccn.upenn.edu/epstein_web/Dryden_ProustReply_InPress.pdf
Christ Church Washington Parish: The Role of the Arts in Worship, by Joan Carter
http://www.washingtonparish.org/role_of_the_arts_in_worship.htm
Performance Studies Textbook, by Richard Schechner, New York University
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/bkg/schechner
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Hope this answers your question!
Regards,
Scriptor |