It is the quarrel between the religious and the
humanistattitudes towards life.
To begin with, his examination of KING LEAR is not
impartial, as hetwice claims. I believe this is a common habit of childrenand
adolescents.
Regan and Goneril, are exactly the ones who will
turnagainst him.
THAT ONE MAY BE TOO GOOD,while according to
Brandes: Shakespeares fundamental principle.
Youveturned what might have been a good book into
journalism. With his right handin his pocket he moved across to the window. The
opinionthat art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a
politicalattitude. He is doing that, but his quarrel with Shakespeare goesfurther. I
will only saythat of late years I have tried to write less picturesquely and
moreexactly.
The direct, conscious attack on intellectual
decency comes fromthe intellectuals themselves. But here there arises a difficult
question.
But here there arises a difficult question. So also
with the innumerable booksand pamphlets commissioned by government
departments.
But here there arises a difficult
question.
Hisawakening will come later, when the totalitarian
state is firmlyestablished. I have not writtena novel for seven years, but I hope to
write another fairly soon. At this point the fool utters a prophecyin no wise
related to the situation and they all depart.
Everyone writes of them in one guise oranother.
However, throughout this time I did in a sense engage in literaryactivities.
Theyrevolve round a central subject which in some cases can be reduced to asingle
word.
Probably novels andstories will be completely
superseded by film and radio productions.