| Alexander Jessup, Henry Seidel Canby - 1918 - 528 oldal
...preconceived effect. If his very initial sentence tend not to the outbringing of this effect, then he has failed in his first step. In the whole composition...indirect, is not to the one preestablished design." This " preconceived effect " may be regarded as the impression which the author wishes to convey. So... | |
| 1903 - 848 oldal
...this effect, then he has failed in his very first step. In the whole composition there should not be a word written of which the tendency, direct or Indirect, is not to the pre-established design." Unity of effect, moreover, was not, according to his dictum, only a matter... | |
| Charles Sears Baldwin - 1904 - 356 oldal
...preconceived effect. If bis very initial sentence tend not to the out-bringing of this effect, then be has failed in his first step. In the whole composition...indirect, is not to the one pre-established design. — EDGAR ALLAN POE. PREFACE THE object of this volume is not to collect the best American short stories.... | |
| Charles Sears Baldwin - 1904 - 358 oldal
...very initial sentence tend not to the out-bringing of this effect, then he has failed in his jirst step. In the whole composition there should be no...indirect, is not to the one pre-established design. — EDGAR ALLAN POE. , GENERAL EDITOR'S NOTE THE Wampum Library of American Literature has been planned... | |
| William Patten - 1905 - 390 oldal
...preconceived effect. If his very initial sentence tend not to the outbringing of this effect, then he has failed in his first step. In the whole composition...indirect, is not to the one preestablished design. . . . The idea of the tale has been presented unblemished because undisturbed; and this is an end unattainable... | |
| Evelyn May Albright - 1907 - 276 oldal
...preconceived effect. If his very initial sentence tend not to the out-bringing of this effect, then he has failed in his first step. In the whole composition...indirect, is not to the one preestablished design." And he observes the law, par excellence, in his "Fall of the House of Usher." The keynote of the story,... | |
| Brander Matthews - 1907 - 410 oldal
...preconceived effect. If his very initial sentence tend not to the outbringing of this effect, then he has failed in his first step. In the whole composition...indirect, is not to the one preestablished design. As by sucfh means, with such care and skill, a picture is at length painted which leaves in the mind... | |
| Charles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1907 - 524 oldal
...preconceived effect. If his very initial sentence tend not to the out-bringing of this effect, then he has failed in his first step. In the whole composition...indirect, is not to the one pre-established design. The same principle is re-inforced by Stevenson in A Humble Remonstrance. Let him [the writer] choose... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1907 - 322 oldal
...one prevailing color tone. " In the whole composition," he says, " there should be no word introduced of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one preestablished design." An examination of the tales will serve to show how varied are the effects produced. Perhaps the most... | |
| William Leonard Courtney - 1909 - 406 oldal
...preconceived effect. If his very initial sentences tend not to the outbringing of the effect, then he has failed in his first step. In the whole composition...indirect, is not to the one preestablished design." That is Edgar Allan Poe's own theory, which may sound a little artificial, but which any literary artist... | |
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