A skilful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thoughts to accommodate his incidents; but having conceived with deliberate care, a certain unique or single effect to be wrought out, he then invents such incidents —... American Prose (1607-1865) - Page 686edited by - 1916 - 737 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Collins - 1990 - 396 pages
...take EA Poe's often-quoted distinction from his essay on Hawthorne, is that of the tale not the novel: A skilful literary artist has constructed a tale....preconceived effect. If his very initial sentence tends not to the outbringing of this effect, then he has failed in his first step. In the whole composition... | |
| Freeman G. Henry - 1994 - 412 pages
...composed: "A skilful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thought to accommodate his incidents; but having conceived,...may best aid him in establishing this preconceived effect."7 I think it might have amused Anatole France to know just how "classic" his procedures in... | |
| Maria DiBattista, Lucy McDiarmid - 1996 - 270 pages
...review of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales. "A skillful literary artist has constructed a tale," Poe says. If wise, he has not fashioned his thoughts to accommodate...single effect to be wrought out, he then invents such incidents—he then combines such events as may best aid him in establishing this preconceived effect....... | |
| Juan Rulfo - 1996 - 1188 pages
...primera vez en 1837. " «The unity of effect or impression is a point of the greatest importance (...). A skilful literary artist has constructed a tale....fashioned his thoughts to accommodate his incidents; hut having conceived, with deliberate care, a certaine unique or single effect to 1* wrought out. he... | |
| Sjef Houppermans - 1997 - 452 pages
...skilful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thought to accomodate his incidents; but having conceived, with deliberate...may best aid him in establishing this preconceived effect."2 La ressemblance avec Poe résiderait alors surtout dans la façon dont cet art poétique... | |
| Sjef Houppermans - 1997 - 452 pages
...accomodate bis incidents; but having conceived, with deliberate care, a certain unique or single effeci to be wrought out, he then invents such incidents...aid him in establishing this preconceived effect. "2 La ressemblance avec Poe résiderait alors surtout dans la façon dont cet art poétique précis... | |
| Carlos J. Alonso - 1998 - 240 pages
...reviewessay of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales: "A skillful literary artist has constructed a tale. ... Having conceived, with deliberate care, a certain...aid him in establishing this preconceived effect." 6 And in words reminiscent of some of Quiroga's statements cited earlier, Poe continues: "If his very... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Leonard Cassuto - 1999 - 228 pages
...control. There are no external or extrinsic influences — resulting from weariness or interruption. A skilful literary artist has constructed a tale....conceived, with deliberate care, a certain unique or single effert to be wrought out, he then invents such incidents — he then combines such events as may best... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Eleanor D. Kewer - 2000 - 756 pages
...what has been called his definition of the short story, formulated in the course of his own practice: A skilful literary artist has constructed a tale....combines such events as may best aid him in establishing *Edwin Fussell well said that Poe made a "restless patrol along the lines between the senses, between... | |
| Thomas Streissguth - 2001 - 116 pages
...in his 1 842 review of Twice-Told Tales, a collection of stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne: A skillful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he...such events as may best aid him in establishing this perceived effect. If his very initial sentence tends not to the outbringing of this effect, then he... | |
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