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historical present n
(Linguistics) the present tense used to narrate past events, usually employed in English for special effect or in informal use, as in a week ago I'm walking down the street and I see this accident ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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The trick is further nuanced by the fact that it is only by virtue of the most up-to-date video equipment (small projectors mounted on the walls) that this distant historical present seems to come alive. In addition to his many books on philosophy, he has published a number of collections of art-critical writings, including Encounters and Reflections: Art in the Historical Present (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990), which received the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. DANTO, Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University, art critic for The Nation, and a contributing editor of Artforum, has published a number of books on philosophy and collections of his art-critical writings, including Encounters and Reflections: Art in the Historical Present (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990), which received the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. |
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