Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
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Page 57
... tion unless one is aware of the beauty , poetry , soliloquies and asides that frequently occur throughout the progress of the play . It is doubtful whether Shakespeare ever meant his plays to be read , and they weren't till after his ...
... tion unless one is aware of the beauty , poetry , soliloquies and asides that frequently occur throughout the progress of the play . It is doubtful whether Shakespeare ever meant his plays to be read , and they weren't till after his ...
Page 168
... tion , comes from a power far beyond the scope of rules . Anyone who has studied harmony and counterpoint can compose a correct fugue , but only a musician can com- pose music . There are good teachers of painting who admit that they ...
... tion , comes from a power far beyond the scope of rules . Anyone who has studied harmony and counterpoint can compose a correct fugue , but only a musician can com- pose music . There are good teachers of painting who admit that they ...
Page 276
... tion , or setting must point toward the dénouement ; it must point toward the climax of the struggle . Dialogue , I have said , is selected and edited speech . A short story is narra- tive material selected and arranged for a single ...
... tion , or setting must point toward the dénouement ; it must point toward the climax of the struggle . Dialogue , I have said , is selected and edited speech . A short story is narra- tive material selected and arranged for a single ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
Copyright | |
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