...into an enchanted awareness of him, and (b) to achieve thereby for his own inner ego that agreeable feeling of a function performed, a tension relieved, a katharsis attained which Beethoven achieved when he wrote the Fifth Symphony, and a hen achieves every time she lays an egg....

...appreciation. He is not trying to bring the work discussed into accord with some transient theory of esthetics, or ethics, or truth, or to determine its degree of...relieved, a katharsis attained which Wagner achieved 269 when he wrote "Die Walkiire," and a hen achieves every time she lays an egg. Joseph Conrad is moved...

...his own personal aims and methods as a Critic. In his "Footnote on Criticism" he writes: "The critic is trying to arrest and challenge a sufficient body...Walkiire,' and a hen achieves every time she lays an egg." Instead of merely reporting ideas and points of view, the Critic should express his own individual...

...in his own personal aims methods as a Critic. In his "Footnote on Criticism" he writes: "The critic is trying to arrest and challenge a sufficient body...tension relieved, a katharsis attained which Wagner acffieved when he wrote 'Die W^lkure,' and a hen achieves every time she lays an egg." {Instead of...

...individual and almost irresponsible. "The critic is first and last simply trying to express himself; he is trying to achieve thereby for his own inner...attained, which Wagner achieved when he wrote Die Walkürie, and a hen achieves every time she lays an egg." That is all consistent enough as far as...