| | 203 | Author: | Cooper, Frederic Taber | Add | | | Title: | Representative American Story Tellers: Ellen Glasgow.  | | | | Published: | 1996 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Decorative W
WHILE there is not the slightest doubt of Miss Glasgow's title to a place of honour
in a series of papers on the leading story-tellers of America, it must at the same time
be recognised that this particular aspect of her work, if too rigidly adhered to, is
likely to do scant justice to her rather unusual powers. It is, of course, axiomatic
that without some sort of a story we cannot make any sort of a novel; and we cannot
make a strong, big novel without a rather big, strong story as a foundation. And yet
the story alone cannot be used as a measure of bigness, because many other factors
enter in to make up the sum total of any novel destined to live. Some novelists,
however, choose deliberately to subordinate other interests to that of the narrative
they have to tell. Their mastery of technique may be of the best; their philosophy of
life sane and earnest and helpful—yet if they insist upon regarding themselves
primarily as entertainers, and their books as little pocket theatres, then they remain
of their own choice in the ranks of the story-tellers. Miss Glasgow is one of the
small number of American novelists who have chosen to take a higher and finer
attitude toward their work. And that is why it is impracticable, even in a series
bearing the present title, to discuss her place in modern fiction simply from the
stand-point of story-telling. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 204 | Author: | Cooke, Josiah Parsons | Add | | | Title: | Religion and Chemistry | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | THE time has been when the Christian Church
was an active antagonist of physical science; when
the whole hierarchy of Rome united to condemn its
results and to resist its progress; when the immediate
reward of great discoveries was obloquy and
persecution. But all this has passed. The age of
dogmatism has gone, and an age of general scepticism
has succeeded. The power of traditional authority
has given place to the power of ideas, and
physical science, which before hardly dared to assert
its birthright, and could even be forced to recant, on
its knees, its demonstrated truths, has now become
one of the rulers of society. By its rapid growth,
by its conquests over brute matter, and by its
wonderful revelations, it has deservedly gained the
highest respect of man, while by multiplying and
diffusing the comforts of life it has become his
acknowledged friend. Every effort is now made to
further its progress. Its great discoveries win the
applause of nations, and its fortunate students are
remembered when the princes and nobles of the
earth are forgotten. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 212 | Author: | Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900 | Add | | | Title: | Manacled | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | IN the First Act there had been a farm scene, wherein real horses
had drunk real water out of real buckets, afterward dragging a real
waggon off stage, L. The audience was consumed with admiration
of this play, and the great Theatre Nouveau rang to its roof with the
crowd's plaudits. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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