The temptation is great to suspect that Hugo is here indulging in mere verbalism. |
Mufti Sahib sacrifices the action part of Dialogue in his speeches, thereby making a mere verbalism. |
From deep within this conflagration of tony, occasionally insightful, arch, pompous, mournful, supercilious, generous, salivating verbalism, the single consistent sound to emerge is a howl of revulsion. |
But there is good verbalism, distinct from lyricism or imagism, and in this Laforgue is a master. |
To call it verbalism seems to degrade intellectual detachment to stylistic trickery but the facts are complex. |
In order to do that we need to move from our sophisticated verbalism entrenched in institutionalised teaching and preaching and our unreflective hyper-activism in various forms of social ministries. |