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Thomas Hill Green

An Estimate of The Value and Influence of

Works of Fiction In Modern Times

Edited With Introduction and Notes By

Fred Newton Scott Professor of Rhetoric in the University of Michigan

PREFACE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AN ESTIMATE

of the

Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times

I. PRINCIPLES OF ART

A. EPIC, DRAMA, AND NOVEL FOOTNOTE: B. IMITATION vs. ART C. NATURE THE CREATION OF THOUGHT FOOTNOTES: D. THE "OUTWARD" ASPECT OF NATURE FOOTNOTE: E. CONQUEST OF NATURE BY ART FOOTNOTE: F. THE ARTIST AS IDEALIZER FOOTNOTE: G. THE EPIC H. TRAGEDY AS PURIFIER OF THE PASSIONS FOOTNOTES: I. TRAGEDY THE ELEVATION OF LIFE FOOTNOTE: J. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO TRAGEDY FOOTNOTE:

II. THE NOVEL AN INFERIOR FORM OF ART

A. BEGINNINGS OF THE NOVEL B. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECTATOR FOOTNOTES: C. THE MODERN NOVEL A REFLECTION OF ORDINARY LIFE FOOTNOTES: D. NATURALISM vs. IDEALISM E. TRAGEDY AND THE NOVEL F. THE EPIC AND THE NOVEL G. POETRY AND PROSE FOOTNOTES: H. THE NOVEL AN INCOMPLETE PRESENTATION OF LIFE FOOTNOTE: I. PRUDENCE THE NOVELIST'S HIGHEST MORALITY FOOTNOTES: J. EVIL EFFECTS OF NOVEL-READING FOOTNOTES:

III. TRUE FUNCTION OF THE NOVEL

A. A WIDENER OF EXPERIENCE B. AN EXPANDER OF SYMPATHIES FOOTNOTE: C. A CREATOR OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT D. A LEVELLER OF INTELLECTS

APPENDIX

A. AN APPRECIATION OF GREEN'S ESSAY B. HEGEL ON THE NOVEL FOOTNOTE: