The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... Stendhal in Le Rouge et le Noir . Contemporary criticism was outraged . Even Sainte - Beuve , who needed only to look into his own heart to discover what contrary qualities could exist side by side in some kind of harmony , [ 69 ] THE ...
... Stendhal in Le Rouge et le Noir . Contemporary criticism was outraged . Even Sainte - Beuve , who needed only to look into his own heart to discover what contrary qualities could exist side by side in some kind of harmony , [ 69 ] THE ...
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... Stendhal has succeeded in making him en- tirely plausible , but that , I believe , is due to causes that I shall ... Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave them ...
... Stendhal has succeeded in making him en- tirely plausible , but that , I believe , is due to causes that I shall ... Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave them ...
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... Stendhal , in one of his manu- scripts , has written the names of the persons who had suggested his characters ; Dickens , as we all know , portrayed his father in Mr Micawber and Leigh Hunt in Harold Skimpole . Turgenev stated that he ...
... Stendhal , in one of his manu- scripts , has written the names of the persons who had suggested his characters ; Dickens , as we all know , portrayed his father in Mr Micawber and Leigh Hunt in Harold Skimpole . Turgenev stated that he ...
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