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    highflooricalprose,excellentintheirvirtuosity;

    therearealsonysalesofpoeticprose,heirceofvowelsare

    elysingable.infact,theregularheratschoolsorin

    private.thereisreallynoappropriatehistypeofreading

    inenglish;thesocalled”singing”istoreadthelinesaloudhakindulated

    andexaggeratedintonation,ntoanyparticulartufolloore

    orlessthetonalvaluesofthevoeilartothe

    readingofthe”lesson”bythedeanofanepispalianchurch,buththesyllablesa

    greatdealredra.

    thistypeofpoeticproseisespeciallybadintheeuphuisticpositionsofthefifth

    andsixthturies,lyoutofthefu,hflownprose,used

    inierialeulogies,asunnaturalasanyurtpoetryandasawkwardasarussian

    ballet.sucheuphuisticprose,runninginparallelnstrusofalteatesentences

    offourandsixsyllableshencecalledthessulinor”foursixstyle,”alsocalledpieni

    or”parallelstyle”梬aspossibleonlyinadeadandhighlyartificiallanguage,entirely

    cutapartfroheliviiesoftheage.buthereuphuisticprose,norpoetic

    prose,nhfloaybecalledgoodprose

    onlybyaeanprosehesweep

    andrhythfagoodchatbythefireside,suchasusedbythegreatstorytellerslikedefoeorsorbosisclearthatsuchproseispossibleonlyinaliving,

    andnotinanartificial,language.extrelygoodprosethereisinthenonclassical

    literatureofeninthespokenlanguage,butlassical

    ings.

    theuseoftheliterarylanguage,akesthisalst

    iossible.first,goodprosestbeabletoreflecttheprosaicfactsoflife,andfor

    thistasktheoldliterarylanguageusthavethe

    shofvasforfulldisplayofitspoheclassicaltradition

    aleenoofbelievediratioion,

    sublitionandreanization.goodprosestnotbedainty,andtheaif

    ovealonghnaturalbig

    strides,andovedaboutonbou,epwasan

    artisticgesture.goodproserequiresperhapstentothirtythousandwordsfora

    fulllengthportraitofaaliel

    bradfordsportraits,andselvesto

    betustnothavetoo

    rus,andtheeuphuisticproseinctlytoo

    ed.

    aboveall,goodprosestbefaliar,chattyandalittlepersonal,andtheese

    literaryartnsistedinnpersonalfront.

    onehouchaog,

    givinganiraitofhisloverlihsiang,andthenfindsthathoudidhis

    biographyofssliilythreehundredayfivetenina

    nnerasifheother.oo

    suustforevergropeang

    sketchesofthreeorfourhundredhebarestbeggarsoutlineoffacts.

    thetruefactis,theliterarylanguageirelyunsuitabletodiscussoarrate

    facts,hereasonersofnovelshadtoresorttotheveacular

    language.theanded

    apoa14080b.c.,thegreateststerof

    eseprose,stillkeptaclosetouchhthelanguageofhisday,anddaredto

    inrporateerscholarsas”vulgar,”andhis

    languagestillretainedavirilityuntchedbyanylatererintheclassical

    language.illore

    orlessashethought,andtin&prieuxstyleofing.butafterthat

    goodprosebepossible.thetersenessandrefihe

    literarylanguagehadetoybeseeninthefollorwuliufive

    self,in

    exactlyonehundredandtodel:

    ,e,too,areunkle.heisquietandtalks

    verylittle.hedoesnotoneyorfa.helikestoreadbooks,hout

    tryingtoknoeaning.esapassage,heisso

    happyastetabouthisfood.heloves,beingpoor,otalways

    provideit.hisfriendsaiveskisaskhio

    eoverforadrink.healakesuphisndtobe

    drunk.afterhegetsdruires,andself.his

    froacket

    offlaxclothintatters,andhisricebopty.buthedoesnotcare.he

    oftenusehielfandindicateshisaitioninlife,andfetsallabout

    thehat.

    liatisdaintyprose,butnotgoodprose,agtoour

    definition.itisanabsoluteproofthatthelanguagewasdead,

    upposeonepelledtoreadonlyproseofthistype,

    fherethecharacterizationisthevaguest,thefactsarethe

    iiest,andthenarrationthebarest梬hato

    ellectual

    thisleadstoareiortantionoftheiialofese

    proseedhinese

    librariesndbookstoresaboundthesealingthelargestlivisioninese

    iss,ohefeelingofbeinglostiof

    essays,

    ...
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