Word: sensuous
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Unbegotten Sons" is the most mature piece of fiction which has appeared in the Monthly for a long time. While the plot in a certain way is unreal, it is treated with unusual richness of imagination. The style is vivid and sensuous. It is pity that the author's analysis is not equal to his imagination. He brings together twin brothers, who see in each other no resemblance. They address each other as "child" and "old man" respectively. The Abbe of Cisley hates them with the most undying hatred because they were the illegitimate sons of his wife...
...Correggio we find the consummation of the period. The beauty of the classic and religious motives appear to perfection in his paintings. His characters were sensuous but never sensual. Correggio was litte affected by the great movements of his time. He was one of the very greatest of the Renaissance painters, and it is a singular thing that he painted and died almost in obscurity...
...totally different from that of Shakespeare, and the absurdity of attributing the plays to him, will at once be realized. Critics have asserted that Shakespeare put no deep moral meaning into his writings; such criticism is shallow and idle. The poet has created a world of imagination - a real sensuous world filled with life, where everybody is at the highest pitch of vitality. Around this world is a demoniac, a superhuman covering. It is absurd to assert that these supernatural characters are introduced for stage effects only. Shakespeare believed that the world was not summed up by what could...