Show Involved Philosophy of Cabell Gives Lecturer Engrossing Theme Tragedy Born of Dualism Called Underlying Motif of Authors Author's Works forks By HELEN GARRITY 1 Tho Time baffled quest man maim torn be between between be- be tween teen his aspirations and lii his in inadequacies in I adequacies impelled toward a search which by Its vcr very nature is foredoomed to frustration is time the Inevitable plot chosen by h James Brunch Branch Cabell contends Dr Luc Lucy Hazard who gave a 0 a n. very stimulating In ing lecture on this author Tues Tues- da day Cabell who did ld not attain public recognition until 1 of is an ami ideal subject for Dr Hazard exulting as sue site does in exploring subtleties of ot style and philosophical quirks that thal the time casual reader often oHen wholly holl overlooks Time The dualistic nature of or man milan who whose c spiritual s are arc ah a always H Hat at war wal with time the physical compulsions of oC his biological being elne Is another an another another an- an other Cab el I Ian theme w which tho time lecturer lecturer lec lec- hirer carefully stressed A ro romantic Ye- Ye mantic niantic pe pessimism an Intense scorn I for fol mans man's moments of compromise om a L deep sense of Or the time futility of or life and yet t paradoxically enough a defiant optimistic belief that man manI manIs manis I Is after aCler all a god If IC only a maimed god Eoll were further characteristics outlined ou The lay rea reader er has often perhaps pem wondered ju just t what Cabell was vas J getting at tit with hI his apparent belief that illusion leads man to ultimate despair and anti yet jet cl his savage Insistence tence limit thit mini man at nt any ammy price mu must t avoid anything that smacks o of common s sense nse Complacency Is the unforgivable sin anti yet et his dreamIng dream dream- In Ing Imis heroes en end In Iii misery cry nn and amid regieL Dr lI Hazard deftly an analyzed an- an l these timea tenets of oC lImo tho writer mill disclosed that th they have IHL been lInd understood his sig significance sig- sig nce us as a 11 philosopher ends Ills lis theory theol characters and plot lol In Incidents In in- arc aro Identical In imi each ach book Tho Tim only recurrently new aspect then lieu Is time the beauty of oC his painstaking ing In- polished poise Speaking o of diameter characters Dr Hazard Hazar pointed 1 out that his hero Is always s a t L of or 1 Incarcerated In Iii tho ito prison of or flesh while his Ilia In Is in inevitably In- In e a n character charac and Three different dif tel ter or cynical pitying ferent concepts o of women all nil o of them unreal appear in n hl his writings The or ot chivalric idea of oC Womanhood the time Shavian SlIn typo which pictures woman as 35 is time the pursuer and th tIme the concept which sym sym- woman as iLS a 1 a. a creature of Idealistic and anti unattainable tamable beauty beaul wele found to exist in Iii each cach of his novels nv l o from Figures o of Earth Tho TIme Rivet nl In Grandfathers Grandfather's ers er's Neck and arid other novels no were quoted to Illustrate these condo condo- B By wa way of or summary Dr Hazard Hazar again reviewed re tho limo Inconsistencies of oe he her subject Sho called attention atten tion to the tho fact that behind the petty pelt fuss and fume rume of or tho time dally daily routine Cab n postulates s a purposive pur pur- o Intelligence romance the demiurge governing go time the world b by Illusions Illusions' moving mo it imperceptibly hut but sUII surely ly toward something better that thu-ct Is 19 to lo be he Whereas other othel modera modern mod mod- ern era authors portray portra frustration through h desire unfulfilled Cabell depicts tho the more subtle and ammil bitter disillusionment of or man realizing his 1 0 and still remaining fled fied Consequently he Ime looks hooks be beyond be be- yond this life lICe for fur fulfillment and there is tho the paradox o of hope from rom despair |