This item is part of JSTOR collection "I may venture to say that the air of reality (solidity of specification) seems to me to be the supreme virtue of a novel—the merit on which all its other merits (including the conscious moral purpose of which Mr. Besant speaks) helplessly and submissively depend."

As durable as its construction and quality reflect the solidity of the friendship and entrepreneurial acumen of its founders. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I was unschooled in the art of literature. Because of her details and descriptions, because of the voice that is delivering the observations and descriptions with such aplomb, you cannot glance away. The book that I was intending to write more on, this month, was the Ben Lerner, Leaving the Atocha Station, which I read quickly (overquickly) in an over-caffeinated, sleep-deprived fug in the days after not winning the White Review prize, which also involved a pretty big night’s drinking. 10m cable with rewind system. I skimmed over entire chapters. “Fiction Writers who are not concerned with… concrete details are guilty of what Henry James called ‘weak specification.’ The eye will glide over their words while the attention goes to sleep. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. The dead, full, contented silence of midday in the bush.’. One of the things that has most struck me – and that is very different from Marías – is the utter contingency of Bowen’s descriptions. In Wild, Griffiths’ passion about her subject grew directly out of her first-hand experience of it – the places she had been, the things she had seen, lived and done – and the glorious baggage (the incisive and scintillating philosophical and literary reference and analysis) seemed to settle in effortlessly amongst it. ©2000-2020 ITHAKA. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Thanks for commenting! I strive to overcome my weaknesses, to improve myself in every way (occasionally) but especially in the matter of weak specification.

She had that experience. for cooperation to deal with issues that affect the teaching of English. Wow, this is right on! Henry James Watch Co was the brainchild of the enduring personal and professional relationship of two Sydney-based friends and businessmen.

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