Word: writer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...earth or illumine any great human problem. In this way many readers take up Mrs. Wilkins for New England scenes, J. M. Barrie for Scotch peasant life or Stephen Crane for the field of battle. On the whole the short story offers greater opportunities for a young writer than the novel. In the short story one may be didactic and yet not wearisome, and then the short story can pose problems and leave them unanswered. Now the novelists George Sand Dickens and Thackeray not only stated problems, but also answered them. The modern method of the short story, however...
...achieved in his work no great success and had won no name. Versatile and brilliant he was indeed, and he had gained a wide knowledge of the world and keen insight into the characters of men; but still he was merely a writer with no definite purpose, and from among the various branches of literature had not finally chosen the kind of writing which he was to make peculiarly his own. Truth in writing, that power that scorns the sham and pictures the real, Thackeray had, and a fund of brilliant humor also. He had lacked the personal and distinctive...
...invite all members of the University to contribute to this column, but we are not responsible for the sentiments expressed. Every communication must be accompanied by the name of the writer...
...invite all members of the University to contribute to this column, but we are not responsible for the sentiments expressed. Every communication must be accompanied by the name of the writer...
...invite all members of the University to contribute to this column, but we are not responsible for the sentiments expressed Every communication must be accon painted by the name of the writer...