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Every sincere and scientific student of human nature and the social scene must, of necessity, depend upondirect obser vation of life for his general types - the said types being the composite photographs with which study and experience have supplied him. But, for the shaping of individual charactemoutoithesaidtypee, heehould, inmyopinion, relyexclusivelyuponhieimaginationand hissenseof dramatic coherence. Exactlyinpeoportionaahedoeethis canheclaimtobeatrueartist; since thenovel. Tobea work of art. Must be impersonal, neither autobiographical nor biographical. Iamnot,oicouree,epeakingodthehiatorical novel. Whether the history involved be ancient or con temporary. Nor am I speaking of an admitted satire.
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Every sincere and scientific student of human nature and the social scene must, of necessity, depend upondirect obser vation of life for his general types - the said types being the composite photographs with which study and experience have supplied him. But, for the shaping of individual charactemoutoithesaidtypee, heehould, inmyopinion, relyexclusivelyuponhieimaginationand hissenseof dramatic coherence. Exactlyinpeoportionaahedoeethis canheclaimtobeatrueartist; since thenovel. Tobea work of art. Must be impersonal, neither autobiographical nor biographical. Iamnot,oicouree,epeakingodthehiatorical novel. Whether the history involved be ancient or con temporary. Nor am I speaking of an admitted satire.
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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.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0366564609
- ISBN 13 9780366564606
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages460
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