...produces a picture true to ideal life; to the best that good men and good women can do at level best. " 1 care very little for the magazine or newspaper critics who proclaim that there is no such thing as a moral man, and^that my pictures of life are sentimental and idealized. They are! And 1 glory in them!...

...to the best that good men and good women can do at level best. " I care very little for the magazme or newspaper critics who proclaim that there is no such thing as a moral man, and that my pictures of life are sentimental and idealized. They are! And 1 glory in them!...

...women can do at level best. "I care very little for the magazine or newspaper critics who proclaim that there is no such thing as a moral man, and that my...pictures from the lives of men and women of morals, honour, and loving kindness. They form 'idealized pictures of life' because they are copies from life...

...I care," she wrote, "for the newspaper or magazine critic yammering that there is not such a tIIing as a moral man, and that my pictures of life are sentimental and idealized. They are! And I glory in them!" (134). This conflict, and Stratton-Porter's handling of it, suggests that the debate waged by this...

...remember it. "Now what do I care for the newspaper or magazine critic yammering that there is not such a thing as a moral man, and that my pictures of life are sentimental and idealised. They are! And I glory in them! They are straight, living pictures from the lives of men...