Mood--II. The Dramatic Mood: 1. Influence of the
Actor; 2. Influence of the Theatre; 3. Influence of
the Audience--[Dramatized Novels]--III. The
Novelistic Mood.

X. THE NOVEL, THE NOVELETTE, AND THE SHORT-STORY 172
Novel, Novelette, and Short-Story--The Novel and the
Novelette--The Short-Story a Distinct Type--The
Dictum of Poe--The Formula of Brander
Matthews--Definition of the Short-Story--Explanation
of This Definition: 1. "Single Narrative Effect"; 2.
"Greatest Economy of Means"; and 3. "Utmost
Emphasis"--Brief Tales That Are Not
Short-Stories--Short-Stories That Are Not
Brief--Bliss Perry's Annotations--The Novelist and
the Writer of Short-Stories--The Short-Story More
Artistic Than the Novel--The Short-Story Almost
Necessarily Romantic.

XI. THE STRUCTURE OF THE SHORT-STORY 189
Only One Best Way to Construct a Short-Story--Problems
of Short-Story Construction--The Initial
Position--The Terminal Position--Poe's Analysis of
"The Raven"--Analysis of "Ligeia"--Analysis of "The
Prodigal Son"--Style Essential to the Short-Story.

XII. THE FACTOR OF STYLE 207
Structure and Style--Style a Matter of Feeling--Style
an Absolute Quality--The Twofold Appeal of
Language--Concrete Examples--Onomatopoetic
Words--Memorable Words--The Patterning of
Syllables--Stevenson on Style--The Pattern of
Rhythm--The Pattern of Literation--Style a Fine
Art--Style an Important Aid to Fiction--The
Heresy of the Accidental--Style an Intuitive
Quality--Methods and Materials--Content and
Form--The Fusion of Both Elements--The Author's
Personality--Recapitulation.

INDEX 227

INTRODUCTION

In our time, in these early years of the twentieth century, the novel
is the prosperous parvenu of literature, and only a few of those who
acknowledge its vogue and who laud its success take the trouble to
recall its humble beginnings and the miseries of its youth. But like
other parvenus it is still a little uncertain of its p