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Personality in Literature By: R. A. (Rolfe Arnold) Scott-James (1878-) |
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PERSONALITY IN LITERATURE
BY THE SAME AUTHOR MODERNISM AND ROMANCE
PERSONALITY
IN LITERATURE BY R.A. SCOTT JAMES
LONDON: MARTIN SECKER
NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET ADELPHI
First published 1913 WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH.
CONTENTS
PART ONE: LITERATURE AND ART
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THE DEGRADATION OF BEAUTY 3 LITERATURE A FINE ART 14 PASSIONS SPIN THE PLOT 42 THE POPULAR TASTE 55
PART TWO: LITERATURE AND MODERN LIFE TO DAY AND YESTERDAY 81 PROFESSIONAL POLITICS 96 SPECIALISM IN RELIGION 103 SPECIALISM IN WAR 109 SPECIALISM IN LITERATURE 115 PHILOSOPHY AND JUSTICE 121
PART THREE: LITERATURE AND MEN BERNARD SHAW 131 H.G. WELLS 151 ARNOLD BENNETT 170 GILBERT CHESTERTON 187 SOME MODERN POETS 196 J.M. SYNGE 222 THE SHRAMANA EKAI KAWAGUCHI 226 FRANCIS THOMPSON 235
PART ONE LITERATURE AND ART
I THE DEGRADATION OF BEAUTY
Some time ago I found myself at an exhibition of Post Impressionist
pictures, under the ægis of an artist who was himself of that
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