Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious Narratives, with Observations on Some of the Most EminentMundell, 1805 - 174 pàgines |
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... story with surprising and impro- bable incidents , such as seldom or never take place in real life . Nor have they scrupled to use other methods still more unwarrant- able , which render many of these works by no means serviceable to ...
... story with surprising and impro- bable incidents , such as seldom or never take place in real life . Nor have they scrupled to use other methods still more unwarrant- able , which render many of these works by no means serviceable to ...
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... story must appear to be the immediate and direct consequences of their operation . These events , too , must be strictly conform- able to the usual course of nature : every thing unnatural and improbable is to be ex- cluded . Were these ...
... story must appear to be the immediate and direct consequences of their operation . These events , too , must be strictly conform- able to the usual course of nature : every thing unnatural and improbable is to be ex- cluded . Were these ...
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... questions naturally arise , which I shall now proceed to examine in their order . And , first , -Is this perfection to be be- stowed alike , on all the characters that are introduced into the story . Shall the reader be transported -28.
... questions naturally arise , which I shall now proceed to examine in their order . And , first , -Is this perfection to be be- stowed alike , on all the characters that are introduced into the story . Shall the reader be transported -28.
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... story . Shall the reader be transported entirely into a new world , from which every thing coarse and turbulent is excluded . This appears to be attended with many dangers , and to be little likely even to accomplish the end at which it ...
... story . Shall the reader be transported entirely into a new world , from which every thing coarse and turbulent is excluded . This appears to be attended with many dangers , and to be little likely even to accomplish the end at which it ...
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... story ? the leading character , or the author himself ? For the purpose which we have at present in view , I am rather disposed to pre- fer the former . A more intimate connection is thus formed between him and the reader ; the latter ...
... story ? the leading character , or the author himself ? For the purpose which we have at present in view , I am rather disposed to pre- fer the former . A more intimate connection is thus formed between him and the reader ; the latter ...
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1805 |
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Legitimate Histories: Scott, Gothic, and the Authorities of Fiction Fiona Robertson Visualització de fragments - 1994 |