...thought Poe, by "authorial vanity." They would, he pretended to think, shudder at letting the public peep at "the elaborate and vacillating crudities of thought...the last moment — at the innumerable glimpses of ideas that arrived not at the maturity of full view — at the fully matured fancies discarded in despair...

...understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy — an ecstatic intuition; and would [98] positively shudder at letting the public take a peep...behind the scenes at the elaborate and vacillating conditions of thought, at the true purposes seized only at the last moment, at the innumerable glimpses...

...writers—poets in especial—prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy—an ecstatic intuition; and would positively shudder at...behind the scenes at the elaborate and vacillating crudi- 55 ties of thought, at the true purposes seized only at the last moment, at the innumerable...

...especial—prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy—an ecstatic intuition—and would positively shudder at letting the public take...scenes, at the elaborate and vacillating crudities of thought—at the true purposes seized only at the last moment—at the innumerable glimpses of idea...

...— but, perhaps, the autorial vanity has had more to do with the omission than any one other cause. Most writers — poets in especial — prefer having...that they compose by a species of fine frenzy — an ecstat1c intuition — and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes,...

...have, to be sure, but also, perspiration. "Many writers," says Poe in The Philosophy of Composition, "poets in especial, prefer having it understood that...letting the public take a peep behind the scenes." True, indeed, the artist conceives his work in a moment of "ecstatic intuition," but he does not bring...

...have, to be sure, but also, perspiration. "Many writers," says Poe in The Philosophy of Composition, "poets in especial, prefer having it understood that...letting the public take a peep behind the scenes." True, indeed, the artist conceives his work in a moment of "ecstatic intuition," but he does not bring...

...discussing problems of technique. What Poe said still in a measure holds true. "Most writers . . . would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes ... at the. wheels A Group of American Biographies and pinions — the tackle for scene shifting — the stepladders...

...intermingles dramatic terms with the writer's efforts at perfection. " Most writers, " he says, ". . . would positively shudder at letting the public take...elaborate and vacillating crudities of thought, ... at the careful selections and rejections — at the painful erasures and interpolations — in a word, at...

...authorial vanity has had more to do with the omission than any one other cause. Most writers—poets in especial— prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy—an ecstatic intuition; and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind...