| + − | Nation. 85: 193. Ag. 29, ’07. 1450w. |
“The text is written in an interesting style, as by a man intensely interested in his task, and shows exhaustive study and thorough mastery of the subject.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 557. S. 14, ’07. 150w. |
Dinsmore, Rev. Charles Allen. Atonement in literature and life. **$1.50. Houghton.
6–45133.
“This is a philosophical rather than a literary dissertation on ... the idea of sin, retribution, and reconciliation. Assuming that literature is life in its highest expression, Mr. Dinsmore undertakes to show that it is this idea of offence and subsequent reconciliation which gives their value to some of the great masterpieces of literature—Homer’s Iliad; the plays of Aeschylus and Sophocles; the Divina Comedia; Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Richard III., The winter’s tale, Henry VIII., and The tempest; Paradise lost; Adam Bede; The scarlet letter; and some other classics.”—Cath. World.
“The book is written in a style worthy of the subject, and is singularly interesting from its dealing with masters in literature.”
| + | Ath. 1907, 1: 437. Ap. 13. 810w. |
“This study is in fine contrast with the manner in which the people who belong to the ‘art for art’s sake’ school treat the great masterpieces of literature.”