1.Bothnovelistsuseastorytellingmethodthatemphasizesironicdisjunctionsbetweendifferentperspectivesonthesameeventsaswellasironictensionsthatinhereintherelationshipbetweensurfacedramaandconcealedauthoricalintention,amethodIcallanevidentiarynarrativetechnique.
2.Whenblackpoetsarediscussedseparatelyasagroup,forinstance,theextenttowhichtheirworkreflectsthedevelopmentofpoetryingeneralshouldnotbeforgotten,oradistortionofliteracyhistorymayresult.
3.Thesedifferencesincludethebolderandmoreforthrightspeechofthelatergenerationanditstechnicalinventiveness.
4.Butblackpoetswerenotbattlingoveroldornewrather,oneaccomplishedBlackpoetwasreadytowelcomeanother,whateverhisorherstyle,forwhatmatteredwasracialpride.
5.Tolstoyreversedallpreconceptionsandineveryreversalheoverthrewthe“system”,the“machine”,theexternallyordainedbelief,theconventionalbehaviourinfavorofunsystematic,impulsivelife,ofinwardmotivationandthesolutionsofindependentthought.
6.ItwasbettercoveredbytelevisionandpressthananyeventheresincePresidentKennedy’sinauguration(就职),and,sinceindifferentisalmostasgreataproblemtotheNegroashostility,thiswasaplus.
7.ButdonotthechallengeandtheexcitementofthecriticalproblemassuchlieinthatambivalenceofattitudewhichallowsustorecognizetheintelligenceandeventhesplendorofMeredith’swork,while,atthesametime,weexperiencealackofsympathy,afailureofanyenthusiasmofresponse?
8.Inthisrespectsheresembledoneofherfavouritecontemporaries,MaryBrunton,whowouldratherhave“glidedthroughtheworldunknown”thanbeensuspectedofliteraryairs―tobeshunned,asliterarywomenare,bythemorepretendingoftheirownsex,andabhorred,asliterarywomenare,bythemorepretendingoftheother!
9.Fromthosesoundswhichwehearonsmalloroncoarseoccasions,wedonoteasilyreceivestrongimpressions,ordelightfulimages;andwordstowhichwearenearlystrangers,whenevertheyoccur,drawthatattentiononthemselveswhichtheyshouldtransmittothings.
10.Toproceedthusistosetupafivefoldhypothesisthatenablesyoutogatherfromtheinnumerableitemscastupbytheseaofexperienceupontheshoresofyourobservationonlythelimitednumberofrelevantdata―relevant,thatis,tooneormoreofthefivefactorsofyourhypothesis.