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A Manual of the Art of Fiction By: Clayton Meeker Hamilton (1881-1946) |
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A MANUAL OF THE ART OF FICTION
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A Manual of THE ART OF FICTION Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges By CLAYTON HAMILTON Member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters;
Extension Lecturer in English, Columbia University With an Introduction by BRANDER MATTHEWS Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters;
Professor of Dramatic Literature, Columbia University GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1919
Copyright, 1918, by Doubleday, Page & Company All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian.
TO FREDERIC TABER COOPER WITH ADMIRATION FOR THE CRITIC WITH AFFECTION FOR THE FRIEND
FOREWORD
This MANUAL OF THE ART OF FICTION is a revised and amplified
edition of "Materials and Methods of Fiction," by Clayton
Hamilton, which was first published in 1908. The earlier work was
immediately recognized as an important piece of constructive
criticism and has held its position ever since as one of the
leading books in its field. On the tenth anniversary of its
appearance, the publishers have asked the author to prepare this
annotated and enlarged edition, particularly for the use of
students and teachers in schools and colleges. DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY.
Garden City, New York, 1918.
CONTENTS FOREWORD vii INTRODUCTION xiii I. THE PURPOSE OF FICTION 3
Fiction a Means of Telling Truth Fact and
Fiction Truth and Fact The Search for Truth The
Necessary Triple Process Different Degrees of
Emphasis The Art of Fiction and the Craft of
Chemistry Fiction and Reality Fiction and
History Fiction and Biography Biography,
History, and Fiction Fiction Which Is
True Fiction Which Is False Casual Sins against
the Truth in Fiction More Serious Sins against the
Truth The Futility of the Adventitious The
Independence of Created Characters Fiction More
True Than a Casual Report of Fact The Exception
and the Law Truthfulness the only Title to
Immortality Morality and Immorality in Fiction The
Faculty of Wisdom Wisdom and Technic General
and Particular Experience Extensive and Intensive
Experience The Experiencing Nature Curiosity and
Sympathy. II. REALISM AND ROMANCE 25
Two Methods of Exhibiting the Truth Every Mind Either
Realistic or Romantic Marion Crawford's Faulty
Distinction A Second Unsatisfactory Distinction A
Third Unsatisfactory Distinction Bliss Perry's
Negative Definition The True Distinction One of
Method, Not of Material Scientific Discovery and
Artistic Expression The Testimony of Hawthorne A
Philosophic Formula Induction and Deduction The
Inductive Method of the Realist The Deductive
Method of the Romantic Realism, Like Inductive
Science, a Strictly Modern Product Advantages of
Realism Advantages of Romance The Confinement of
Realism The Freedom of Romance Neither Method
Better Than the Other Abuses of Realism Abuses of
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