| Show 1 Uglln i In Fiction Is discussed by Inn Malarn In n reeent number ot Lltorllture lIe protesl against books whIch swear on every page and do the other thIngs on the page between nnd then asks these pertlnenl questions Thy should the nrllst In life the novelist forsake the quest of the perfect per-fect nnd the beautiful wrought out often through poverty and agon nnd spend his skill on what Is loathsome and disgusting Is he not also bound lo the service of the Ideal l and Is I It not his function to fling out before us that model of high character and living which we all have imagined after which we all strive but which we cannot can-not express or is I It that the canon of beauty which guides the fcculptor anl the rainier has no authorIty over the novelist and he alone ot artists has the liberty of defoimlly The queries are equally pertinent to some dramatists and their Interpreters on the stage |
