The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Friday, August 18, 2017

Literary taxonomy

There is such a thing as didactic poetry.

And there are such things as pedantic novels.

Anyway, this one.

Presumptuous and patronizing to the reader and to his characters in authorial intrusions.

What is to be Done?

Update.

Rattling on about psychological egoism.

Jejune, insipid, fatuous, arrogant, and dogmatic.

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