The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations (Georges Polti) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781604241112)

The prefaces of many books are more enduring than the letter-press they introduce. It is as if an author's after-thoughts more nearly express his real thoughts than his well-considered, neatly planned succession of chapters. The reason for this, though a natural one, came to me only as I read and re-read the proofs of "The Thirty-six Dramatic Situations" as an author's work is unrolled before him in the type of the galley-proofs, the first sight of the printed words induces a freshness of mind that is near relative to the fine frenzy of first conception; added to this mental freshness there is a maturity-for are not months of thought behind the chapters of the work?-that makes the author's thoughts as grandparents with the enthusiasms of youth. In the prefaces, then, the authors find outlets to express their own reactions to their own thoughts.

Author: Polti Georges Polti, Georges Polti
ISBN-10: 160424111X
ISBN-13: 9781604241112
Publisher: Book Jungle
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2007
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.43d