. Backgrounds of literature. eness and is the closest relation between his workand his view or philosophy of life. His artisticimpulse, in all his larger work, moved in entireharmony with, and often under the direction of,his rationalizing faculty. He is distinctivelythe teacher among creative writers; the man whoaims not merely at the free expression of hisown nature and the creation of beautiful literaryforms, but also at definite exposition, throughthe medium of art, of certain general could hardly have been otherwise in onewho held so serious a view of art, and to
. Backgrounds of literature. eness and is the closest relation between his workand his view or philosophy of life. His artisticimpulse, in all his larger work, moved in entireharmony with, and often under the direction of,his rationalizing faculty. He is distinctivelythe teacher among creative writers; the man whoaims not merely at the free expression of hisown nature and the creation of beautiful literaryforms, but also at definite exposition, throughthe medium of art, of certain general could hardly have been otherwise in onewho held so serious a view of art, and to whomit was of such supreme importance as the finalexpression of the mind and heart of man. Forwith Goethe, as with all the greater artists, lifeis primary and art secondary in the order oftime; but both are parts of one complete expres-sion of the soul. In Goethes case, however, thisprocess of thought is more definitely markedthan in the case of any of his peers; and it wasprobably more self-conscious and self-directed. 178. THE LAND OF LORNA DOONE THE LAND OF LORNA DOONE
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