An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times. Thomas Hill Green

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066225674

      Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       INTRODUCTION

       AN ESTIMATE

       of the

       Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times

       I. PRINCIPLES OF ART

       A. EPIC, DRAMA, AND NOVEL

       B. IMITATION vs. ART

       C. NATURE THE CREATION OF THOUGHT

       D. THE "OUTWARD" ASPECT OF NATURE

       E. CONQUEST OF NATURE BY ART

       F. THE ARTIST AS IDEALIZER

       G. THE EPIC

       H. TRAGEDY AS PURIFIER OF THE PASSIONS

       I. TRAGEDY THE ELEVATION OF LIFE

       J. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO TRAGEDY

       II. THE NOVEL AN INFERIOR FORM OF ART

       A. BEGINNINGS OF THE NOVEL

       B. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECTATOR

       C. THE MODERN NOVEL A REFLECTION OF ORDINARY LIFE

       D. NATURALISM vs. IDEALISM

       E. TRAGEDY AND THE NOVEL

       F. THE EPIC AND THE NOVEL

       G. POETRY AND PROSE

       H. THE NOVEL AN INCOMPLETE PRESENTATION OF LIFE

       I. PRUDENCE THE NOVELIST'S HIGHEST MORALITY

       J. EVIL EFFECTS OF NOVEL-READING

       III. TRUE FUNCTION OF THE NOVEL

       A. A WIDENER OF EXPERIENCE

       B. AN EXPANDER OF SYMPATHIES

       C. A CREATOR OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT

       D. A LEVELLER OF INTELLECTS

       APPENDIX

       A. AN APPRECIATION OF GREEN'S ESSAY

       B. HEGEL ON THE NOVEL