The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, Vol. 7

Download or read book The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, Vol. 7 written by Charles Wells Moulton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, Vol. 7: 1875-1890 Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.-hare, A. W. And J. 0 1827-48, Games at Truth. The excellence of these works is in a great measure the result of two peculiarities which the critics of the French school con sider as defects, - from the mixture of tragedy and comedy, and from the length and extent of the action. The former is necessary to render the drama 3 just repro scutation of a world in which the laughers and the weepers are perpetually jostling each other, - in which every event has its serious and ludicrous side. The latter en ables na to form an intimate acquaintance with the characters with which we could not possibly become familiar during the few hours to which the unities restrict the poet. In this respect the works of Shake speare, in particular, are miracles of art. In a piece which may be read aloud in three hours we see a character unfold all its re cesses to na. We see it change with the change of circumstances. The petulant youth rises into the politic and warlike sovereign. The profuse and courteous philanthropist sours into a hater and scorner of his kind. The tyrant is altered, by the chastening of affliction, into a pensive moral ist. The veteran general, distin guished by coolness, sagacity, and self-command. 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.