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100	1		_aMacy, John Albert, _d1877-1932
245	1	4	_aThe Critical Game
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2012
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2012-01-03
505	0		_aThe critical game -- Dante in English -- Dante's political philosophy -- Nietzsche -- Tolstoy -- Maeterlinck's essays -- Joseph Conrad -- A Conrad miscellany -- Strindberg -- Tagore -- Remy de Gourmont -- Swift's relations with women -- William James, man of letters -- Biographies of Poe -- Biographies of Whitman -- George E. Woodberry -- Abraham Cahan -- Thomas Hardy -- George Borrow -- Shelley -- H.G. Wells and Utopia -- John Masefield -- Shakespeare and the scribes -- George Moore and other Irish writers -- James Joyce -- D.H. Lawrence.
508			_aE-text prepared by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)
520			_a"The Critical Game" by John Albert Macy is a collection of literary essays written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the nuances of criticism in literature, exploring the role it plays as a vital part of the artistic process rather than merely a detached analysis of works. Macy's examination spans various authors, including Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Nietzsche, shedding light on their contributions and the subjective nature of literary critique. The opening of the book introduces the idea that criticism itself is akin to a form of literary art, distinguished by its subjective interpretations and the unique voice of the critic. Macy argues that while critics often face disdain from writers for their judgments, their task is essential to appreciating and understanding literary works. He emphasizes that good criticism should provoke thought and elicit emotional responses, much like the works it discusses, and outlines the interplay between critique and creativity, suggesting that the critic, much like the author, is engaged in a significant creative endeavor. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aLiterature -- History and criticism
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38487
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