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Page 115
... artist ; she had no knowl- edge of the theories of fiction Flaubert and Henry James were later to state . She knew exactly what she was doing . Perfection is not obtained by blundering , and even if it were , to blunder into perfection ...
... artist ; she had no knowl- edge of the theories of fiction Flaubert and Henry James were later to state . She knew exactly what she was doing . Perfection is not obtained by blundering , and even if it were , to blunder into perfection ...
Page 306
... artist to a fanatical scrupu- losity , as it were a physical incapacity to depart from nature's truths in exchange for any other . This is as inescapable as the requirements of geometry . The writer Flaubert as much as the painter ...
... artist to a fanatical scrupu- losity , as it were a physical incapacity to depart from nature's truths in exchange for any other . This is as inescapable as the requirements of geometry . The writer Flaubert as much as the painter ...
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... artist plays in it . The notion of the artist as a dedicated man is very recent ; it comes from the Romantic poets and its holy scripture in English is Shelley's A De- fence of Poetry . The artist , so runs the claim , is responsible to ...
... artist plays in it . The notion of the artist as a dedicated man is very recent ; it comes from the Romantic poets and its holy scripture in English is Shelley's A De- fence of Poetry . The artist , so runs the claim , is responsible to ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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