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134 strani
...material, which he would not have felt himself entitled to assume had he professed to be writing a Novel. The latter form of composition is presumed...former — while, as a work of art, it must rigidly submit itself to laws, and while it sins unpardonably so far as it may swerve aside from the truth... | |
 | Michael J. Colacurcio, Michael Colacurcio, Emory Elliot - 1985 - 180 strani
...to assume, had he professed to be writing a Novel." The novelist, Hawthorne explains, is confined to "a very minute fidelity, not merely to the possible,...probable and ordinary course of man's experience." The romancer, on the other hand, is free to present "the truth of the human heart . . . under circumstances,... | |
 | Richard H. Brodhead - 1990 - 267 strani
...renounces fiction's power of fabrication and countercreation, and subjects itself to the discipline of "a very minute fidelity, not merely to the possible,...probable and ordinary course of man's experience." These oppositions—of public role, cultural attitude, and formal preference—are striking and central... | |
 | Emory Elliott - 1988 - 1312 strani
...assume, had he professed to be writing a Novel. The latter form of composition [that is, the Novel] is presumed to aim at a very minute fidelity, not...and ordinary course of man's experience. The former [that is, the Romance] — while, as a work of art, it must rigidly subject itself to laws, and while... | |
 | Emory Elliott - 1988 - 1312 strani
...assume, had he professed to he writing a Novel. The latter torm of composition [that is, the Novel] is presumed to aim at a very minute fidelity, not merely to the possible, but to the prohable and ordinary course of man's experience. The former (that is, the Romance]— while, as a... | |
 | Alessandro Portelli - 1991 - 368 strani
...between "Novel" and "Romance" in the introduction to The House of the Seven Gables. The Novel, he says, "is presumed to aim at a very minute fidelity, not...probable and ordinary course of man's experience"; the romance, on the other hand, allows greater freedom to the imagination, but "it sins unpardonably" whenever... | |
 | Emory Elliott - 1991 - 940 strani
...felt himself entitled to assume, had he professed to be writing a NoveL" The novel, he goes on to say, "is presumed to aim at a very minute fidelity, not...possible, but to the probable and ordinary course" of human experience; the romance, while it must adhere to the truth of the human heart, offers a greater... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1992 - 234 strani
...material, which he would not have felt himself entitled to assume had he professed to be writing a novel. The latter form of composition is presumed...probable and ordinary course of man's experience. His claims for a latitude in respect of both 'fashion and material' manifest themselves in the delicate... | |
 | John Arundel Barnes - 1994 - 222 strani
...his right to proceed in this way by labelling his work a romance and not a novel. A novel, he says, 'is presumed to aim at a very minute fidelity, not...probable and ordinary course of man's experience'. A romance, on the other hand, is not constrained in this way. Though it must not 'swerve aside from... | |
 | Laurie E. Rozakis - 1999 - 500 strani
...material, which he would not have felt himself entitled to assume, had he professed to be writing a Novel. The latter form of composition is presumed...possible, but to the probable and ordinary course of man's existence. The former. . . has fairly a right to present that truth under circumstances, to a great... | |
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The latter form of composition is presumed to aim at a very minute Fidelity, not merely to the possible, but to the probable and ordinary course of man's experience. 
