THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION xi
5. I. PRELIMINARIES
6. TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE 3
7. ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WRITING AND SPEAKING 14
8. II. PRINCIPLES OF GROWTH
9. PRINCIPLES OF GROWTH 33
10. THE PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS IN LITERATURE (II AND IV) 34
11. THE CARDINAL RULES OF RHETORIC 77
12. THE PRINCIPLE OF ECONOMY APPLIED TO WORDS 90
13. WORDS THAT LAUGH AND CRY 111
14. THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION 114
15. MARGINALIA 130
16. JUDGMENTS OF AUTHORS 138
17. SIMPLICITY IN ART 141
18. LANGUAGE AND THE MAN 147
19. THE MORALITY OF THE PROFESSION OF LETTERS 150
20. ADVICE TO A YOUNG REVIEWER 164
21. III. FICTIONAL NARRATIVE
22. WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT EXPRESSION AND SOMETHING WHICH ALL THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW 187
23. THE NOVEL. GUY DE MAUPASSANT 193
24. THE ART OF FICTION 210
25. A HUMBLE REMONSTRANCE 232
26. STORY-TELLING 247
27. THE AIM OF FICTIONAL ART 251
28. A PROBLEM IN FICTION 258
29. FRANK NORRIS 263
30. IV. THE QUESTION OF STYLE
31. DISCOURSE ON STYLE 277
32. THE SINEWS OF STYLE 288
33. STYLE AS ORGANIC AND AS MECHANIC 295
34. ON STYLE 302
35. ON FAMILIAR STYLE 323
36. ON STYLE 333
37. INDEX 349