Shelburne Essays
Shelburne Essays
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In Dickens we are carried into the very opposite field of life, and for a while we move with those who are the creatures of grotesque whims and emotions: cari- catures we call his people, but deep in our hearts we know that each of us longs at times to be as humanity is in Dickens's world, the perfect and unreflecting creature of his dearest whim — for this too is liberty. Thus it is that the interest of the novel depends as much, or almost as much, on the intrinsic value of the national life o...r phase of society reproduced as on the skill of the writer.
The prose author is in this respect far less a free agent than the poet and far more the subject of his environment; for he deals less with the un- changing laws of character and more with what THE SCOTCH NOVELS 89 he perceives outwardly about him. It is this fact which leads many readers to prefer the English novelists to the French, although the latter are unquestionably the greater masters of their craft.
Now the peculiar good fortune of Scott in this matter was most strongly brought home to me in reading the narrative work of Mr.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In Dickens we are carried into the very opposite field of life, and for a while we move with those who are the creatures of grotesque whims and emotions: cari- catures we call his people, but deep in our hearts we know that each of us longs at times to be as humanity is in Dickens's world, the perfect and unreflecting creature of his dearest whim — for this too is liberty. Thus it is that the interest of the novel depends as much, or almost as much, on the intrinsic value of the national life o...r phase of society reproduced as on the skill of the writer.
The prose author is in this respect far less a free agent than the poet and far more the subject of his environment; for he deals less with the un- changing laws of character and more with what THE SCOTCH NOVELS 89 he perceives outwardly about him. It is this fact which leads many readers to prefer the English novelists to the French, although the latter are unquestionably the greater masters of their craft.
Now the peculiar good fortune of Scott in this matter was most strongly brought home to me in reading the narrative work of Mr.
What to read after Shelburne Essays?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by More, Paul Elmer, 1864-1937 to read onlineMoreLess
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