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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 ...
Page 231
... 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 ...
Page 295
... Truth , Beauty and Goodness . I have a notion that Truth finds a place in this list for rhetorical reasons . Man invests it with ethical qualities , such as courage , honour and independence of spirit , which indeed are often shown by ...
... Truth , Beauty and Goodness . I have a notion that Truth finds a place in this list for rhetorical reasons . Man invests it with ethical qualities , such as courage , honour and independence of spirit , which indeed are often shown by ...
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