Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., Aug. 12, '56 (Sec. III)-19 . ,
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Br CARL HALL
In the periodic drivea for
"purity" in the field of literaturt
there is always a tendency to
make use of an inadequate cri
terion, short sightedness that, due
to the emotional agitation churned
up in the course of events, gob
bles up trash along with works of
- art without any effort to clarify
the distinction between them. Con
demnation is easier than clarifica
tion. '',:
The problem: of recognizing
when the use of obscene or im
moral acts or effects is a creative
act and not an immoral gesture
o- the part of the author. The
good ir. the book or books, the
understanding arising from any
well-expressed thought or action
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that the good will do no harm and
take care ot nseii. ine poini mm
is eonstantly overlooked is the fact
that quite often it is this amut,
obscenity in the book that gives
the good its goodness, that it is
only good or virtuous by under
standing the evil surrounding it.
I have always thought that any
understanding of the religious
meaning and nature of life is es
sentially based on this awareness
of the many faces of evil.-
Every effort should be made to
understand when the Immoral as
pects a book are the by
products of a creative effort ta
elarlfr the meaning and body of
life, that the effort t speak the
truth. Just as It Is- la life Itself,
entails the evils thereof. We have
eome a long way from the lrTJO's
and Ws whea a novel most be
one that does not bring a blush
to a girl's fare tor teach her any
thing about life, we might add.)
We can perhaps blush now and
thtn over our abuses of the written
word but never because of our
sincere efforts to give form and
substance to the complex ques
tions of life. And when a creator
questions life he is prepared to
follow it Into Satan's corner know
ing that he will not and cannot
cast the first stone on his dis
covery. For his discovery Is that evil.
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.u, Mil It la these clothes,
this hypocrisy aut te misuse aid
destroy life that needs la be under
stood, brought out Into the light
of day where man fan bring to
bear his understanding, com
panion and his tolerance. It Is
In the field of the novel that maa
hat superbly waged hit war
against darkness, for his dreams.
Ideals, hopes and prayers have
always beea la the wrappings of
human Hfe, not la abstract classi
fications, dogmatic score cards,
bat In the shape of man, with all
his Imperfections and virtues.
In the gr"t ork of rt ln
the novel form we find out, since
the author ia above all honest,
that discovery and understanding
carries within It the spew of its
Imperfections. And If the work it
self la an Imperfection It la nit
because of what ia said or ex
pressed but rather because of the
wsy it was handled and exploited.
The greater asata of the nereis,
etc.. produced In America are
nrka ml alneera snea who. over
whelmed either by the blgaeaa ef
life or the Intricacies of her many
tangled web ef emotions, of life
and death, ef vice and virtue, seek
to come to grips with It by facing
H. And like many n parent his
children are aet always to bis
llklag, but there they art. sera
lor what they are. Are writers to
be Immoral to their craft by writ
ing moral books overlooking the
fare of evil, are their children,
being Imperfect, to put ea the
wrapa of a false grace so as to
pats through the gates ef censor
ship? Can we ask the creative writer
to bring forth lilies when he is so
aware of the thorns and the sack
cloth in life? is it a virtue to be
embarrassed by the truth or a
virtue to speak the truth? Being
honest the greater mass of our
writers have had no trouble in
answeringthis question. What life
is and what we would want it to
he are two different things and
our great novels have faced the
first and sought understanding for
the second.
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