...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.' So nice an adaptation of written words to secure a definite effect insures the very perfection of literary...

...word written of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one preestablished design. . . . The idea of the tale has been presented unblemished...undisturbed; and this is an end unattainable by the novel." These ideas of totality of effect, unlimited freedom of theme and compression of narrative, as main...

...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." In the opening sentence the author strikes the keynote of gloom and melancholy which .runs throughout...

...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. In all Poe's stories, subtly conceived and cleverly and exquisitely executed as some of them incontestably...

...his very initial sentence tend not to the out-bringing of this effect, then he has failed in his very first step. In the whole composition there should...has been presented unblemished, because undisturbed; 3 By "brief tale" Poe doubtless means what in this treatise is called uniformly the short-story. and...

...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." In 1846 he publishes his "Philosophy of Composition"7 in which he analyzes the 7. In the April number...

...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...has been presented unblemished, because undisturbed/ . . . The second is more personal, and from The Philosophy of Composition : ' I prefer commencing with...

...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...been presented unblemished, because undisturbed.' . . . The second is more personal, and from The Philosophy of Composition : ' I prefer commencing with...

...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...been presented unblemished, because undisturbed.' . . . The second is more personal, and from The Philosophy of Composition : ' I prefer commencing with...

...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...satisfaction. The idea of the tale has been presented unblem- ' ished, because undisturbed; and this is an end , unattainable by the novel." * 1 Works, vii,...