Author : R. A. Scott-James
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ISBN 13 : 9781330574768
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (747 download)
Book Synopsis Personality in Literature (Classic Reprint) by : R. A. Scott-James
Download or read book Personality in Literature (Classic Reprint) written by R. A. Scott-James and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Personality in Literature Some time ago I found myself at an exhibition of Post-Impressionist pictures, under the aegis of an artist who was himself of that persuasion. Indeed, he was one of the exhibitors, and I was constrained to express my opinions in the form of questions. We passed before a picture which to my untutored eyes was formless, meaningless and ugly. It was by a well-known artist, and my instructor admired it. He said it was the head of a woman, and he indicated certain hook-like marks in the painting which to him distinctly suggested the nose, the mouth and the neck of a woman, reduced to their simplest terms. After he had fully explained the picture, I asked him if the result was in any sense beautiful to him. "Beautiful!" he exclaimed, with something of disdain in his voice. "Why should it be beautiful? I do not require that a picture should be beautiful." He had not finished, but I was relieved by the first part of his reply. 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."