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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Page 142
... drama . The screen gave that arti- ficiality which verse had once given to drama so that a different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if only it gave rise to situation . It gave the opportunity for all ...
... drama . The screen gave that arti- ficiality which verse had once given to drama so that a different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if only it gave rise to situation . It gave the opportunity for all ...
Page 143
... drama should not suffer the same fate . It may be said that the screen can never give exactly the sympathetic thrill you feel when you see living persons in flesh and blood before you . It might very well have been said that strings and ...
... drama should not suffer the same fate . It may be said that the screen can never give exactly the sympathetic thrill you feel when you see living persons in flesh and blood before you . It might very well have been said that strings and ...
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... drama I think no one on occasion approached it more closely than Racine . But at the cost of how many a limitation ! It was a cherry stone that he carved with infinite skill . Only idolatry can refuse to see the great shortcomings in ...
... drama I think no one on occasion approached it more closely than Racine . But at the cost of how many a limitation ! It was a cherry stone that he carved with infinite skill . Only idolatry can refuse to see the great shortcomings in ...
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