Prejudices: Second Series
Prejudices: Second Series
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But the business is slow, uncertain, heart-breaking.
It puts a burden upon the artist that ought not to be ^ put upon him* It strains beyond reason his diligence and passion. A man who devotes his life to creating , ^l^orks of the imagination, a man who gives over all his strength and energy to struggling with problems that are essentially delicate and baffling and pregnant with doubt — such a man does not ask for recogniticMi as a mere reward for his industry; he asks for it as a Digitized by ...VjOOQIC THE NATIONAL LETTERS 89 necessary help to his industry; he needs it as he needs decent subsistence and peace of mind. It is a grave damage to the artist and a grave loss to the literature when such a man as Poe has to seek omsolation among his inferiors, and such a man as the Mark Twain of "What Is Man?'* is forced to conceal his j most profound beliefs, and such men as Dreiser and Cabell are exposed to incessant attacks by malignant stupidity. The notion that artists flourish upon ad- versity and misunderstanding, that they are able to function to the utmost in an atmosphere of indiffer- ence or hostility— this notion is nine-tenths nonsense.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But the business is slow, uncertain, heart-breaking.
It puts a burden upon the artist that ought not to be ^ put upon him* It strains beyond reason his diligence and passion. A man who devotes his life to creating , ^l^orks of the imagination, a man who gives over all his strength and energy to struggling with problems that are essentially delicate and baffling and pregnant with doubt — such a man does not ask for recogniticMi as a mere reward for his industry; he asks for it as a Digitized by ...VjOOQIC THE NATIONAL LETTERS 89 necessary help to his industry; he needs it as he needs decent subsistence and peace of mind. It is a grave damage to the artist and a grave loss to the literature when such a man as Poe has to seek omsolation among his inferiors, and such a man as the Mark Twain of "What Is Man?'* is forced to conceal his j most profound beliefs, and such men as Dreiser and Cabell are exposed to incessant attacks by malignant stupidity. The notion that artists flourish upon ad- versity and misunderstanding, that they are able to function to the utmost in an atmosphere of indiffer- ence or hostility— this notion is nine-tenths nonsense.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mencken Henry Louis to read onlineMoreLess
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