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The Ethical Tendency of the English Novel by Helen M. Harney, 1897

The Ethical Tendency of the English Novel by Helen M. Harney, 1897, Page 2

Preface
The following thesis was written for the degree of Master of Arts and was presented to the faculty of Iowa State University May, eighteen ninety seven.

The selection of the subject of the Ethical Tendency in the English Novel arose from a desire to learn if the English Novel in its development had recognized the principle of Art and Ethics as English Poetry has done and if both branches of literature had come to the same conclusions. I have given a great deal of care to the recommendations of material from the study of the English Novel in forms of notes and criticism. The effect of minute criticism has merely been to strengthen my conviction that the theory I have laid down is substantially true. I think I may at least claim from the critic who is inclined to reject my views a careful consideration of the arguments and evidence upon which they are founded.

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Preface The following thesis was written for the degree of Master of Arts and was presented to the faculty of Iowa State University May, eighteen ninety seven. The selection of the subject of the Ethical Tendency in the English Novel arose from a desire to learn if the English Novel in its development had recognized the principle of Art and Ethics as English Poetry has done and if both branches of literature had come to the same conclusions. I have given a great deal of care to the recommendations of material from the study of the English Novel in forms of notes and criticism. The effect of minute criticism has merely been to strengthen my conviction that the theory I have laid down is substantially true. I think I may at least claim from the critic who is inclined to reject my views a careful consideration of the arguments and evidence upon which they are founded.