The Principles of Success in Literature
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Literary ambition, George Henry Lewes argues, needs both a suitable talent and an honest purpose. In these essays on authorship, he examines the conditions that allow writing to reach and influence its audience. His opening connects literature with the growth of social life, then turns to the crowded profession of writing and the difference between original work and imitation. He also distinguishes the abilities needed by a poet, a dramatist and a novelist.
Sincerity becomes a practical standard as well as a moral one. Lewes applies it to personal convictions, sentence construction and accurate use of other writers, stressing the force of experience that an author has actually seen, thought or felt.
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- Author
- George Henry Lewes
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 90
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Literature
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