...the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one preestablished design. And by such means, witl such care and skill, a picture is at length painted...has been presented unblemished, because undisturbed. There is a deliberate statement of his thesis in The Philosophy of Composition before he illustrates...

...word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one pre-established design. And by such means, with such care and skill, a picture is at length painted which leaves in the inind of him who contemplates it with a kindred art, a sense of the fullest satisfaction. The idea...

...word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one pre-established design. And by such means, with such care and skill, a picture is at length painted which leaves 1n the mind of him who contemplates it with a kindred art, a sense of the fullest satisfaction. The...

...word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one preestablished design. And by such means, with such care and skill, a picture...undisturbed ; and this is an end unattainable by the novel." l i Works, ii. 197, 19a In Poe's best tales it is this ideal absolutely realized that has made them...

...word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one preestablished design. And by such means, with such care and skill, a picture...undisturbed; and this is an end unattainable by the novel." Rigorously insisted upon, this may seem to be asking too much, and of course Poe himself, in his own...

...word written of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one pre-established design. And by such means, with such care and skill, a picture...leaves in the mind of him who contemplates it with a TiTnc!re~ct art, a sense of the fullest satisfaction." Without a clear understanding of Poe's principles...

...preferred the short story to the novel. Only in the short story, he said, could the " effect " be " unblemished, because undisturbed, and this is an end unattainable by the novel." Poe's genius did not lie in character-drawing. His heroines, such as Madeline and l.ige1a, are shadowy...

...preferred the short story to the novel. Only in the short story, he said, could the " effect " be " unblemished, because undisturbed, and this is an end unattainable by the novel." Poe's genius did not lie in character-drawing. His heroines, such as Madeline and Ligeia, are shadowy...

...word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one preestablished design. And by such means, with such care and skill, a picture...undisturbed ; and this is an end unattainable by the novel." The starting ^ we assent to Poe's reasoning, polllt we are at once upon firm ground. The short story...

...word written of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one pre-established design. And by such means, with such care and skill, a picture...kindred art, a sense of the fullest satisfaction." Without a clear understanding of Foe's principles and methods, as thus set forth, we shall not be able...