PERSONALITY IN LITERATURE
R. A. Scott-James
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
MODERNISM AND ROMANCE
PERSONALITY
IN LITERATURE
By
R.A. SCOTT-JAMES
LONDON: MARTIN SECKER
NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET ADELPHI
First published 1913
WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH.
CONTENTS
PART ONE: LITERATURE AND ART
PAGE
THE DEGRADATION OF BEAUTY
3
LITERATURE A FINE ART
14
PASSIONS SPIN THE PLOT
42
THE POPULAR TASTE
55
PART TWO: LITERATURE AND MODERN LIFE
TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY
81
PROFESSIONAL POLITICS
96
SPECIALISM IN RELIGION
103
SPECIALISM IN WAR
109
SPECIALISM IN LITERATURE
115
PHILOSOPHY AND JUSTICE
121
PART THREE: LITERATURE AND MEN
BERNARD SHAW
131
H.G. WELLS
151
ARNOLD BENNETT
170
GILBERT CHESTERTON
187
SOME MODERN POETS
196
J.M. SYNGE
222
THE SHRAMANA EKAI KAWAGUCHI
226
FRANCIS THOMPSON
235
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