| David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1904 - 600 стор.
...portray Italian manners and character, and that Italy " was chosen for the site of his romance only as a sort of poetic or fairy precinct where actualities...would not be so terribly insisted upon as they are in America." But Rome is the last spot in the world in which to contrive a fairy precinct : its majestic... | |
| Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 стор.
...considerable length in Italy, and has been re-written and prepared for the press in England. . . . Italy, as the site of his romance, was chiefly valuable...insisted upon as they are, and must needs be, in America. . . . Romanc" and poetry, ivy, lichens, and wall-flowers, need ruin to make them grow." " It is justifiable... | |
| 1886 - 598 стор.
...latter. Hawthorne, in a frequently quoted passage from the introduction to the Marble Fawn, says: 7 or fairy precinct, where actualities would not be...upon as they are and must needs be in America. No writer without a trial can conceive of the difficulty of writing a romance about a country where there... | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1860 - 264 стор.
...acquires that knowledge of a country at once flexible and profound, which may justify him in endeavoring to idealize its traits. Italy, as the site of his...terribly insisted upon as they are, and must needs be, iti America. No author, without a trial, can conceive of the difficulty of writing a romance about... | |
| 1888 - 1032 стор.
...to cancel them." Italy, as the site of his romance, was chiefly valuable to him as affording a'sort of poetic or fairy precinct where actualities would...in America. No author without a trial can conceive the difficulty of writing a romance about a country where there is no shadow, no antiquity, no mystery,... | |
| 1885 - 248 стор.
...these Italian reminiscences shine out so vividly that I could not find it in my heart to cancel them." Italy, as the site of his romance, was chiefly valuable...in America. No author without a trial can conceive the difficulty of writing a romance about a country where there is no shadow, no antiquity, no mystery,... | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1888 - 560 стор.
...acquires that knowledge of a country at once flexible and profound, which may justify him in endeavoring to idealize its traits. Italy, as the site of his...insisted upon as they are, and must needs be, in America, Ofo author, without a trjp.1. can conceive of the difficulty of writing a romance about a country where... | |
| Henry S. Salt - 1888 - 264 стор.
...Again, in the Preface to Transformation he remarks that Italy, where the scene of the story is laid, was ''a sort of poetic or fairy precinct where actualities...not be so terribly insisted upon, as they are, and needs must be, in America." " No author," he adds, " without a trial can conceive of the difficulty... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1900 - 390 стор.
...Marble Faun. colonial times, or, in one instance, in romantic Italy, which the author himself says " was chiefly valuable to him as affording a sort of...actualities would not be so terribly insisted upon." 1 Again, with or without such a background, we are led up to the marvel by a series of gentle steps:... | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1901 - 660 стор.
...Romance, was chiefly valu- i able to him as affording a sort of poetic or fairy pre- I cinct, (yhere actualities would not be so terribly insisted upon as they are, and must needs be, in Amwicail No author, without a trial, can conceive of tht' difficulty of writing a romance about a country... | |
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