 I ought to add, however, that if Mr. Besant says at the beginning of his essay that the "laws of fiction may be laid down and taught with as much precision and exactness as the laws of harmony, perspective, and proportion...  Notices of the Proceedings - Seite 66von Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1887Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Walter Besant - 1884 - 78 Seiten
...possibilities as vast, her excellences as worthy of admiration,' as may be claimed for any of her sister Aits. 2. That it is an Art which, like them, is governed...so far removed from the mere mechanical arts, that 8 . no laws or rules whatever can teach it to those who have not already been c ndo\ved with the natural... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1884 - 60 Seiten
...J&ev them, is 'governed and directed by ^neWnaws ;^anid^t^i^thgSe laws- may be laid doVn Xnd» taugn\ with as much precision and exactness as the laws of...rules whatever can teach it to those who have not o already been endowed with the natural and necessary gifts. These are the three propositions which... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1885 - 362 Seiten
...painting, sculpture, music, and poetry. The second must be given in his own words: " That it is au art which, like them, is governed and directed by...the laws of harmony, perspective, and proportion." The third proposition is that, like the other fine arts, fiction cannot be taught, as can the mechanical... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1885 - 106 Seiten
...ought to add, however, that if Mr. Besant says at the beginning of his essay that the " laws of fiction may be laid down and taught with as much precision...the laws of harmony, perspective, and proportion," he mitigates what might appear to be an over-statement by applying his remark to "general" laws, and... | |
 | Henry James - 1888 - 514 Seiten
...ought to add, however, that if Mr. Besant says at the beginning of his essay that the " laws of fiction may be laid down and taught with as much precision...the laws of harmony, perspective, and proportion," he mitigates what might appear to be an extravagance by applying his remark to " general " laws, and... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 Seiten
...ought to add, however, that if Mr. Besant says at the beginning of his essay that the "laws of fiction may be laid down and taught with as much precision...the laws of harmony, perspective, and proportion," he mitigates what might appear to be an extravagance by applying his remark to "general" laws, and... | |
 | E. J. Muddle - 1911 - 96 Seiten
...Walter Besant once wrote as follows : — " Fiction is an art which is governed by general laws, and these laws may be laid down and taught with as much...the laws of harmony, perspective, and proportion." What is true of fiction is even more true of this simpler form of " fiction " which we are now concerned... | |
 | Rollo Walter Brown - 1921 - 386 Seiten
...ought to add, however, that if Mr. Besant says at the beginning of his essay that the "laws of fiction may be laid down and taught with as much precision...the laws of harmony, perspective, and proportion," he mitigates what might appear to be an extravagance by applying his remark to "general" laws, and... | |
 | Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - 1962 - 676 Seiten
...ought to add, however, that if Mr. Besant says at the beginning of his essay that the "laws of fiction may be laid down and taught with as much precision...the laws of harmony, perspective, and proportion," he mitigates what might appear to be an extravagance by applying his remark to "general" laws, and... | |
 | Henry James, James Edwin Miller - 1972 - 394 Seiten
...ought to add, however, that if Mr. Besant says at the beginning of his essay that the "laws of fiction may be laid down and taught with as much precision...the laws of harmony, perspective, and proportion," he mitigates what might appear to be an extravagance by applying his remark to "general" laws, and... | |
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