The Critical Game

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macy, John Albert, 1877-1932

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Critical Game" by John Albert Macy is a collection of literary essays written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the nuances of criticism in literature, exploring the role it plays as a vital part of the artistic process rather than merely a detached analysis of works. Macy's examination spans various authors, including Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Nietzsche, shedding light on their contributions and the subjective nature of literary critique. The opening of the book introduces the idea that criticism itself is akin to a form of literary art, distinguished by its subjective interpretations and the unique voice of the critic. Macy argues that while critics often face disdain from writers for their judgments, their task is essential to appreciating and understanding literary works. He emphasizes that good criticism should provoke thought and elicit emotional responses, much like the works it discusses, and outlines the interplay between critique and creativity, suggesting that the critic, much like the author, is engaged in a significant creative endeavor. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The critical game

Dante in English

Dante's political philosophy

Nietzsche

Tolstoy

Maeterlinck's essays

Joseph Conrad

A Conrad miscellany

Strindberg

Tagore

Remy de Gourmont

Swift's relations with women

William James, man of letters

Biographies of Poe

Biographies of Whitman

George E. Woodberry

Abraham Cahan

Thomas Hardy

George Borrow

Shelley

H.G. Wells and Utopia

John Masefield

Shakespeare and the scribes

George Moore and other Irish writers

James Joyce

D.H. Lawrence.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2012-01-03