Excerpt from The Expressed Critical Theory of European Prose Fiction Before 1740: Exclusive of Problems of Characterization, Setting and Style To many students of literature it will undoubtedly seem strange that after the researches into Benaissance criticism of Daintsbury, gregory-smith, dpingern, end others, there should be left any material to garner. Rerheps there is none of impor tance save in the field of prose fiction. Here, however, even though before Ices no treatises seem to have been devoted to the subject, there exists a certain amount of material. Sometimes it is cubedded in e preface or dedication; sometimes it is bur ied in the midst of a narrative. In any event, this veteriel deals with purrose a term henceforth to be used as indicating the reason or reasons stated by an author for his composition; with an aspect of realism.which consists in an effort to make a reader believe a story which is told to him; with unity and coherence of structure; with style; and, finally, with some scattering problems best relegate to notes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.