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Page 10
... truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has pre- vented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direc- tion of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their ...
... truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has pre- vented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direc- tion of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their ...
Page 141
... truth but with effect . That willing suspension of disbelief of which Coleridge wrote is essential to it . The importance of truth to the dramatist is that it adds to interest , but to the dramatist truth is only verisimilitude . It is ...
... truth but with effect . That willing suspension of disbelief of which Coleridge wrote is essential to it . The importance of truth to the dramatist is that it adds to interest , but to the dramatist truth is only verisimilitude . It is ...
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... truth in their creation . Realism is relative . The most realistic writer by the direction of his interest falsifies his creatures . He sees them through his own eyes . He makes them more self - conscious than they really are . He makes ...
... truth in their creation . Realism is relative . The most realistic writer by the direction of his interest falsifies his creatures . He sees them through his own eyes . He makes them more self - conscious than they really are . He makes ...
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