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Individualism in art without symbolism? Realist, romanticist, mystic and expressionist alike, they conceal and reveal themselves with the same basic substance. I like to think that all literature Is an eternal Noh drama in which the creators advance upon the stage to drum-beats and flute-calls and the deliberate clang of bells, wearing upon their faces the self-carved masks which symbolize the passions and meditations to which they strive to give utterance. Upon each mask is graven the personality of the wearer, a personality that is exaggerated and emphasized in strange ways that the essential subject may be better communicated to the mazed audience so restless with its own perturbations. There are masks that have been terribly grooved and hollowed, masks stained with barbaric colors, and masks fashioned ambiguously fair by subtle and delicate strokes. All of them are twisted, either greatly or slightly, from the truth; there is not a naked face in all literature.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience.
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