1st blog assignment

Well, in reading Henry James piece of "Art of Fiction" I got confused on what exactly he was trying to get across. He himself thought that a good novel is determined upon the person reading it and their interests. He believes there is much to critism given to fictionous novelist. James believes that they can take an experience and make it seem very real without having to experience it themselves, altho he still believes that in some way their idea's for their stories come from real events.
His thoughts on fiction contradicts with those of Mr. Besant. He believes that every novel must come with "precision and exactness." He thinks that the novelist should have personal experience with the situation, and that it's impossible to define a character without a full knowing description of them.
These views i though also contradict those of Edith Wharton in "Souls Belated" because in the story there is never a full description of either Lydia or Garnett but the events in the story seem so real you can get the idea in your head without needing that description. THe idea of the story, and having relationship issues is very much a real problem in todays world. Whether topic can be considered a good one is not is depended upon the reader.
Overall I believe that novelist that write fiction should be aloud without any criticism. Everyone has their own opinions and if they don't like to read fiction novels, nobody is forcing them too. I also think that it depends on the kind of story whether a full description of people or places around them need to be detailed in order to understand the reading, and without that the reader would be lost.