…interchangeable, and this creates a very comic effect. Realism, when new, is comic. Hilarious. Go back to the days of Sam Peeps and Daniel Defoe, and you will see what I mean. But with the coming of realism, prose realism, it was a new mythic form that…

…age of satire. realistic forms created a comic and satiric effect in the case of Peep's diary and in the case of Defoe, Robinson Crusoe sort of thing. One of the reviewers of Robinson Crusoe said, Mr. Defoe has represented the British Isles as totally…

…Peep's diary and in the case of Defoe, Robinson Crusoe sort of thing. One of the reviewers of Robinson Crusoe said, Mr. Defoe has represented the British Isles as totally depopulated. This I found a very valuable and comical sidelight on the effect of…