 I fancy much of what I value myself upon in writing, escapes the observation of the great mass of my readers: who are intent more upon the story than the way in which it is told. For my part I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my...  The Short Story - 10. oldalszerző: Henry Seidel Canby - 1902 - 30 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 724 oldal
...It is the play of thought, and sentiment, find language ; the weaving in of characters, lightly, tet expressively delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life ; and the half-concealed vein of humor that is often playing through the whole, — these are among what I aim... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 612 oldal
...the play of thought and sentiment and language ; the weaving in of characters, lightly yet expressly delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life ; and the half-concealed vein of humor that is often playing through the whole, — these are among what I am... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1915 - 562 oldal
...upon the story than the way in which it is told. For my part I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials. It is the play of thought,...scenes in common life; and the half concealed vein of humour that is often playing through the whole — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1915 - 558 oldal
...For my part I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials. It is the play 398 of thought, and sentiment and language; the weaving...scenes in common life; and the half concealed vein of humour that is often playing through the whole — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I... | |
 | George Sidney Hellman - 1925 - 424 oldal
...in the advice that Irving should write a novel. "For my part I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials. It is the play of thought,...scenes in common life; and the half concealed vein of humour that is often playing through the whole — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I... | |
 | Danforth Ross - 1961 - 49 oldal
...Aristotle would scarcely have approved. He valued "the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes of common life; and the half -concealed vein of humor that is often playing through the whole." This is the theoretical Irving. The actual Irving often wrote stories that were deficient in character,... | |
 | A. Robert Lee - 1986 - 216 oldal
...upon the story than the way in which it is told. For my part I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials. It is the play of thought,...scenes in common life; and the half concealed vein of humour that is often playing through the whole — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I... | |
 | Martin Scofield - 2006 - 239 oldal
...below, was one in which the story was in some ways less important than 'the way in which it is told': It is the play of thought, and sentiment and language;...scenes in common life; and the half concealed vein of humour that is often playing through the whole - these are among what I aim at, and upon which I felicitate... | |
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