New-York tribune., 1922-08-13
Sunday 1rbunes News and Reviews of Books and Authors
A Critical CutthrOat
By Burton Rascoe


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oNFEss that Papini delights beyond measure lie
literary scapegrace and murderer; but he is hypocri
He H an Of regulations; but believe his
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Of Hamlet for see in 1t an act Of reverence word
s % thing he loves He the fire and frankness mag
and associate with his capable
tn Neapoan bandits prayers for the of sinister advn
- he propates ST. Dante Agher the the garrong
a,vous with He has literary pey
tes his dubious enterprise splendid spectacle To
"a c,rvanes Netzsch Whitman Remy
- nds the alteration; Maeterinck
,5 orian Berkeley the tribute Of his
I'm with that merce steO his intelligence He misses the
Ne knowledge of Papns writings is confined to this book and
. me stray stories translation know much him.
sr hand hope that Professor wilkins other
~ will make convenient for repair this ignorance
pDi r vigorous stimulating writer He feeling
. GOOD sense lie has immense erudon and this has
- ensbl cogged his expression pnioned him the
A,, of his alert volatile spirit. He philosopher
so action pedagogue who s also literary
- sisan ivory and looks joyousy upon life
- are rare combinations lie and this book
'ro birth to a constellation of dancing
+ refreshed alght upon this passage Of the
60, that people pay write deny that
vsef an intelligent And cannot far much
~ said Croce the fact remains that public
80 private expressed opinions Of work which
honor and that Leonardo time as
boon mind Quick to perceive point of the problem Hos
~ can YOU explain the that when Croce
,bo nerstent and transitorv elements in the nbnoonb
Ueoe constantly phrases significance Of which
sD9as to perfectly and Immediately clear
contrary receive merely the elegant
ens il they sngy but lose that completely when
they put together just this way?"
Mind you Italian writes thus had felt
morouy the opinion writing
had suspended judgment my Of Italian
Crocs with the burden Of his frequent ncomprehens
b His elaborate 6rotundy however felt
fault could transators taking
express what Croce had expressed
precisely the effect have always from his writings
in a his sube-and it,
translated work Shakespeare. Aroso Cornele
he devoted unconsconable number
position Of Just wherein the critics had failed treatment of
writer's and told the precise il
aeluan with the fact that this is Coces failing
works. Papn writes in which the of is
completely lacking than those of why he
brought himself consider the theory of
that 10
Of them any help the understanding
hat why he has had the banaly Of
with sopca cunterpon Of arbitrary distractions. At
his book Esthetics) expresses
Of MS theories because Of their novelty will
Gbewderment The iustrious hors
The readers bewdemnt when he really
situation merely the bewildermen proof
esnees Of the brom of usms provided up
With little coquetery and little mystery"
This condemnation of support
evidence 1t the end of long, detailed analysis
COs book Il Is indicative Of Papns method; he ogan
analyst he knows whereof he speaks before
The other in the book equally stimulating
interesting appreciation Of Whitman, whom he with
with the literary figures. His essay Quixote is
model Of critical Interpretation and stimulates rereadng
tyantes The book translation from "24 Ceve"
sroncaure Sashing "Testimonianze" TestimoniesJ
TO e hoped that will vigorous
and mvgoaing essays in English.