Laughing Truths
LAUGHING TRUTHS
LAUGHING TRUTHS
by
CARL SPITTELER
translated by
JAMES F. MUIRHEAD
With
an Appreciation
of the Author
by
ROMAIN
ROLLAND
⚘
1927
London and New York
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
First Published May 1927
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
Introduction, ix
Art—Bond and Free, 3
Poet and Pharisee, 9
Glory, 20
Anniversary Celebrations, 22
Copuli, Copula, 27
"Virile" Poetry, 30
"Old" and "Young", 32
Literary Squabbles, 37
On the Moral Standpoint in Criticism, 39
Philanthropy at the Pistol's Point, 47
The Forbidden Epic, 53
Industry and Inspiration, 56
Tempo and Energy of Poetic Creation, 62
On the Value of Collections of Poems, 67
On the Value of Isolated Beauties, 71
A Criterion of Greatness, 74
On the Ballad, 76
Dedications, 82
A Quotation from Goethe, 84
The "Don Juan Idea", 89
Miscellaneous Educational Notes, 92
Ballet Pantomime, 106
The Circus, 109
Amor, 115
Schubert's Piano Sonatas, 121
The Æsthetics of Tempo, 126
Our Summer Music, 129
"Fröhlich Sei Mein Abendessen", 134
Conifers and Architecture, 141
A Trio of Cedars, 147
Jeremiah in the Garden, 157
Where is the Winter Landscape at its Best?, 162
The Personality of the Poet, 169
The Temperament of the Great, 192
"Gross-Stadt und Gross-Städter", 193
Abrundung ("Rounding Of"), 207
Originality, 209
Didactic Poetry, 209
Firm and Logical Treatment, 210
Emasculated Proverbs, 212
Measures and Limits of the Fancy, 213
Naïveté, 215
The Worst of All, 217
Direct Address in Poetry, 218
An Æsthetic Fraud, 219
Credibility, 220
Poetry and Intellect, 222
Realistic Style, 225
Ideal Style, 229
The World Upside-Down, 232
Criterion of the Epical Gift, 233
Literary Symphonies, 236
What Works are Out-of-Date?, 237
The Superior Newspaper, 237
On Characterisation, 238
Notes on Swiss Writers, 239
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