mystifications

As William Michael Rossetti explained in his introduction to the 1901 facsimile of The Germ: "All about Chiaro dell 'Erma himself, Dresden and Dr. Aemmster, D'Agincourt, pictures at the Pitti Gallery, the author's visit to Florence in 1847, etc., are pure inventions or' mystifications '; but so realistically put that they have in various instances been relied upon and cited as truths."

The Germ, Issue #1: Thoughts Toward Nature in Poetry, Literature, and Art Germ: Various Authors 1848

It originated in, and to some extent still retains traces of, one of the silly and ill-bred "mystifications" in which the eighteenth and early nineteenth century delighted. [

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889

Nolan's work follows this enigmatic model: a subtle interplay of figurative allusions and abstract mystifications, precise sense and wayward nonsense.

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Deserving of a Nobel Prize in patience to go along with the one he received in economics, Krugman argues, explains, provides facts, and demystifies mystifications.

Lynn Parramore: Mr. Davidson's Planet: NPR/NYT Guru Adam Davidson's Discredited Economic Principles Lynn Parramore 2012

Frankenstein and of its counter to high romantic mystifications of literary creation.

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The facts are weapons to be used to demolish false paradigms, myths, and mystifications from those who lay claim to authority.

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Richard Eder on The Creator's Map by Emilio Calderon: Like 'Da Vinci,' its mysteries are no more than mystifications.

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A salutary leveling of Voice in writing, rooted deep in the currents of postmetaphysical philosophy — or otherwise the deconstruction of the transcendental Word in all its various mystifications — can rightly disenchant the file of the signifier without going so far as to ignore the phonemic enchainment linked by letters but not coterminous with those scripted increments.

Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian 2008

Well, actually, there are a whole hierarchy of false concepts and deliberate mystifications about money that are perpetuated to keep the Ponzi Schemes afloat.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR MONEY? 2009

ID is about giving up explanation in favor of mystifications.

A Useless Critic 2007