Creative Muddle & Poignancy of Realism

Evaluating symbolic novels and realisticnnovels is largely a case of the proverbialnapples vs. oranges; the focus,nthe technique, the style and the powernof the two forms are vastly different.nThe symbolic novel is often largelynimagistic and impressionistic---a pointillismnof words and recurring njotifs designednto capture the reader's attentionnand to . . .