Project Gutenberg 2012-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 240 Macy, John Albert 1877 1932 The Critical Game The critical game -- Dante in English -- Dante's political philosophy -- Nietzsche -- Tolstoy -- Maeterlinck's essays -- Joseph Conrad -- A Conrad miscellany -- Strindberg -- Tagore -- Remy de Gourmont -- Swift's relations with women -- William James, man of letters -- Biographies of Poe -- Biographies of Whitman -- George E. Woodberry -- Abraham Cahan -- Thomas Hardy -- George Borrow -- Shelley -- H.G. Wells and Utopia -- John Masefield -- Shakespeare and the scribes -- George Moore and other Irish writers -- James Joyce -- D.H. Lawrence. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Critical Game" by John Albert Macy is a collection of literary essays written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the nuances of criticism in literature, exploring the role it plays as a vital part of the artistic process rather than merely a detached analysis of works. Macy's examination spans various authors, including Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Nietzsche, shedding light on their contributions and the subjective nature of literary critique. The opening of the book introduces the idea that criticism itself is akin to a form of literary art, distinguished by its subjective interpretations and the unique voice of the critic. Macy argues that while critics often face disdain from writers for their judgments, their task is essential to appreciating and understanding literary works. He emphasizes that good criticism should provoke thought and elicit emotional responses, much like the works it discusses, and outlines the interplay between critique and creativity, suggesting that the critic, much like the author, is engaged in a significant creative endeavor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Literature -- History and criticism PN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 384210 2025-10-15T13:45:05.138621 text/html 378618 2012-01-03T16:00:39 text/html 229556 2025-10-15T13:45:12.381553 application/epub+zip 235424 2025-10-15T13:45:07.861566 application/epub+zip 224643 2025-10-15T13:45:06.689537 application/epub+zip 403329 2025-10-15T13:45:16.004598 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381886 2025-10-15T13:45:11.638588 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349416 2022-09-17T14:25:44.690536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360084 2025-10-15T13:45:04.543606 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 359745 2012-01-03T15:47:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 359763 2012-01-03T15:47:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20094 2025-10-15T13:45:16.152504 application/rdf+xml 13382 2025-10-15T13:45:07.192536 image/jpeg 3496 2025-10-15T13:45:06.939535 image/jpeg 141961 2012-01-03T15:47:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 154849 2012-01-03T16:05:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 141910 2012-01-03T15:47:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 223139 2025-10-15T13:45:05.173567 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog