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 ...
Page 70
... Stendhal has succeeded in making him en- tirely plausible , but that , I believe , is due to causes that I shall mention in another part of this book . For the first three quarters of the novel he is perfectly consistent . Sometimes he ...
... Stendhal has succeeded in making him en- tirely plausible , but that , I believe , is due to causes that I shall mention in another part of this book . For the first three quarters of the novel he is perfectly consistent . Sometimes he ...
Page 169
... Stendhal , Balzac , the Gon- courts , Flaubert and Anatole France . I tried various experiments . One of them at that time had a certain novelty . The experience of life I was forever eagerly seeking suggested to me that the novelist's ...
... Stendhal , Balzac , the Gon- courts , Flaubert and Anatole France . I tried various experiments . One of them at that time had a certain novelty . The experience of life I was forever eagerly seeking suggested to me that the novelist's ...
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