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Joseph Warren Beach

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1918. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... I IDEA The work of James is of course not an isolated phe- nomenon. He is naturally a creature of his time. And it is most convenient to begin with a consideration of those aspects in which he is in agreement with the greatest of his immediate predecessors. The main point is this, that James builds his nTM"*1!? p"'TMnrfly npw a motive, or an idea. In this respect he is particularly akin toTTeTCD*trtraTi" DEGREESGeorge Eliot. The difference between the earlier and the later Victorian novels is in no respect more marked than in this matter. The earlier English novelists had generally of" course"a subject, --aq Historical subject tor example, like Chaxles DEGREESReade in "The Cloister ind the Hearth," or a social subjecFTike Thackeray in his studies of high life amlSts-BoheHlian fringes. In these novels we find a certain unity of composition resulting from the author's interest in the historical setting or in social groups illustrating the manners of a given time. DEGREESWe also call to mind how several of the earlier Victorian novelists made ncBoh"a v DEGREEStcfe' DEGREES DEGREES DEGREES the indnstfial order and social abuses. Still more striking, in Dickeng DEGREESj is the demonstration of a proposition in human nature by the story of "Hard Times,"--a satire upon a false ideal of education, and in that respect suggestive of "Richard Feverel." But several things are to be observed. In most cases in Dickens, the exposure of social abuses is an accidental and inorganic element in the novel. Where the social motive is more constant, it is generally made so at the expense of the story. "Hard Times" is indeed a logical, well-planned bit of fictional architecture. But it is probably the least entertaining performance of Dickens. The characters are hardly more than algebraic symbols necessary to the mathematical dem...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Method of Henry James. To get started finding The Method of Henry James, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: General Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1151013110

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1918. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... I IDEA The work of James is of course not an isolated phe- nomenon. He is naturally a creature of his time. And it is most convenient to begin with a consideration of those aspects in which he is in agreement with the greatest of his immediate predecessors. The main point is this, that James builds his nTM"*1!? p"'TMnrfly npw a motive, or an idea. In this respect he is particularly akin toTTeTCD*trtraTi" DEGREESGeorge Eliot. The difference between the earlier and the later Victorian novels is in no respect more marked than in this matter. The earlier English novelists had generally of" course"a subject, --aq Historical subject tor example, like Chaxles DEGREESReade in "The Cloister ind the Hearth," or a social subjecFTike Thackeray in his studies of high life amlSts-BoheHlian fringes. In these novels we find a certain unity of composition resulting from the author's interest in the historical setting or in social groups illustrating the manners of a given time. DEGREESWe also call to mind how several of the earlier Victorian novelists made ncBoh"a v DEGREEStcfe' DEGREES DEGREES DEGREES the indnstfial order and social abuses. Still more striking, in Dickeng DEGREESj is the demonstration of a proposition in human nature by the story of "Hard Times,"--a satire upon a false ideal of education, and in that respect suggestive of "Richard Feverel." But several things are to be observed. In most cases in Dickens, the exposure of social abuses is an accidental and inorganic element in the novel. Where the social motive is more constant, it is generally made so at the expense of the story. "Hard Times" is indeed a logical, well-planned bit of fictional architecture. But it is probably the least entertaining performance of Dickens. The characters are hardly more than algebraic symbols necessary to the mathematical dem...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Method of Henry James. To get started finding The Method of Henry James, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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