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The Process of John Erskine
Fadiman, Clifton P. | January 12, 1927 issue

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The article presents information on the book "Galahad," by John Erskine. The book is one of the first examples of an American roman cérébrale, and more than the mere label links Erskine with those French practitioners, such as André Gide, who are endeavoring to reduce the novel to a new aesthetic pattern whose form shall be as adequate for the expression of pure ideas as was the Platonic dialogue. One thing will strike the critical reader of "Galahad" immediately that it is a book stripped clean of emotions. For anyone seeking passion and sentiment, great moments, drama, it will prove about as exciting as a well-played game of chess.

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GALAHAD (Book); ERSKINE, John; AESTHETICS; DRAMA; BOOKS & reading; FICTION
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