Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

River of Earth: Mythic Consciousness in the works of James Still

River of Earth: Mythic Consciousness in the works of James Still ¿n tAe webfcb w fievmeb &tM by Rebecca L. Briley CHAPTER ONE The River of Earth in River of Earth and Sporty Creek In the preface to The Nigger of the Narcissus, Joseph Conrad gives his nowfamous account of his purpose as a writer. My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word to make you hear, too make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see. That--and no more, and it is everything. If I succeed, you shall find there according to your desserts: ... all you demand--and, perhaps, also that glimpse of truth for which you have forgotten to ask. . . . The task ... is to hold up unquestioningly, without choice and without fear, the rescued fragment before all eyes in the light of a sincere mood. It is to show its vibration, its colour, its form; and through its movement, its form, and its colour, reveal the substance of its truth--disclose its inspiring secret: the stress and passion within the core of each convincing moment. 1 James Still shares this same task, in his particular field, in his awareness of that inspiring secret: the recurrence http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

River of Earth: Mythic Consciousness in the works of James Still

Appalachian Review , Volume 9 (3) – Jan 8, 1981
Download PDF
17 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/university-of-north-carolina-press/river-of-earth-mythic-consciousness-in-the-works-of-james-still-oa8O4NFjqX

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Copyright
Copyright © Berea College
ISSN
1940-5081
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

¿n tAe webfcb w fievmeb &tM by Rebecca L. Briley CHAPTER ONE The River of Earth in River of Earth and Sporty Creek In the preface to The Nigger of the Narcissus, Joseph Conrad gives his nowfamous account of his purpose as a writer. My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word to make you hear, too make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see. That--and no more, and it is everything. If I succeed, you shall find there according to your desserts: ... all you demand--and, perhaps, also that glimpse of truth for which you have forgotten to ask. . . . The task ... is to hold up unquestioningly, without choice and without fear, the rescued fragment before all eyes in the light of a sincere mood. It is to show its vibration, its colour, its form; and through its movement, its form, and its colour, reveal the substance of its truth--disclose its inspiring secret: the stress and passion within the core of each convincing moment. 1 James Still shares this same task, in his particular field, in his awareness of that inspiring secret: the recurrence

Journal

Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 1981

There are no references for this article.