British Novelists and Their Styles
Author | : David Masson |
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Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1859 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
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Author | : David Masson |
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Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1859 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
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Author | : David Masson |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2024-03-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385378338 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author | : David Masson |
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Total Pages | : 352 |
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Author | : David Masson |
Publisher | : Theclassics.Us |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2013-09 |
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ISBN | : 9781230340982 |
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... Yet, Lord, we have in veneration The gentle going of thy day. THE THREE. The Angels gather strength, beholding, Though none Thy substance fathom may; And all the works of Thy upholding Are lordly as on Time's first day." As the song ends, Mephistopheles comes forward; and mark, in contrast, the tenor of his speech: "Of suns and worlds deuce one word can I gabble; I only know how men grow miserable. The little god of earth is still the same old clay, And is as odd this hour as on Creation's day. Better somewhat his situation, Hadst Thou not given him that same light of inspiration: Reason he calls't, and uses't so that he Grows but more beastly than the very beasts to be. He seems to me, begging your Grace's pardon, Like one of those long-legg'd things in a garden, That fly about, and hop, and spring, And in the grass the same old chirrup sing. Would I could say that here the story closes! But in all sorts of dirt they thrust their noses." These are the two moods. They reproduce themselves in literature. In all the greater literature of the world, from Homer and the Greek Drama downwards, there is heard the tone of the Elemental song. Nor need it be absent in our Prose Fiction. No more than our metrical Poetry must this form of literature be permitted to degenerate into a ceaseless variation of the speech of Mephistopheles, that men are as miserable as ever, and that the world is all in a mess. It may be that the representation of social reality is, on the whole, the proper business of the Novel; but even in the representation of social reality the spirit may be that of the far-surveying and the sublime. I believe, however, that there may be vindicated for the literature of prose phantasy the liberty of an order of fiction different from...
Author | : David Masson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2015-07-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781331125594 |
Excerpt from British Novelists and Their Styles: Being a Critical Sketch of the History of British Prose Fiction British Novelists and Their Styles: Being a Critical Sketch of the History of British Prose Fiction was written by David Masson in 1859. This is a 322 page book, containing 73377 words and 2 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : David 1822-1907 Masson |
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Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2016-09-10 |
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Author | : David Masson |
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Total Pages | : 322 |
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Author | : David Masson |
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Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1859 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
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Author | : David Masson |
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Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : English fiction |
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Author | : David 1822-1907 Masson |
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Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2016-08-25 |
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ISBN | : 9781361411025 |
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