# How does Baker's Chapter I argument for drama's independence (and his 'compression without falsification' view of the stage) compare, by candidate ID, with Munsterberg's Chapter VIII argument on the means of the arts (C3-B260-S75)?

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Compared by candidate ID only (the Munsterberg side is taken from the summaries in C3-B260-S75-01, -03, -04 and -05, not re-read from his text). Both sources refuse to take a neighbouring art's forms as given: Baker for the novel against the stage, and, per C3-B260-S75-03, Munsterberg for the stage against the photoplay. Both mention selection (Baker: 'selection and compression'; C3-B260-S75-01: 'select and heighten'). They differ on the cause and on fidelity. Baker grounds difference in practical conditions (length, single viewing, theatre, group audience, cooperation) and says the stage should be adapted to 'truthful representation of life'; the Munsterberg summary grounds it in an aesthetic principle of isolating art from practical life. Neither argument rests on cited experiments (C3-B260-S75-04; Baker's evidence is named plays and assertion). The comparison is the worker's synthesis.

Compared by candidate ID only (the Munsterberg side is taken from the summaries in C3-B260-S75-01, -03, -04 and -05, not re-read from his text). Both sources refuse to take a neighbouring art's forms as given: Baker for the novel against the stage, and, per C3-B260-S75-03, Munsterberg for the stage against the photoplay. Both mention selection (Baker: 'selection and compression'; C3-B260-S75-01: 'select and heighten'). They differ on the cause and on fidelity. Baker grounds difference in practical conditions (length, single viewing, theatre, group audience, cooperation) and says the stage should be adapted to 'truthful representation of life'; the Munsterberg summary grounds it in an aesthetic principle of isolating art from practical life. Neither argument rests on cited experiments (C3-B260-S75-04; Baker's evidence is named plays and assertion). The comparison is the worker's synthesis.

Curator qualifications: Comparison with Munsterberg by ID only; that side is second-hand.

Evidence status: curator/producer inference or synthesis from the cited sources (code read, not executed, where code is cited); correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.

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- [inference] Compared by candidate ID only (the Munsterberg side is taken from the summaries in C3-B260-S75-01, -03, -04 and -05, not re-read from his text). Both sources refuse to take a neighbouring art's forms as given: Baker for the novel against the stage, and, per C3-B260-S75-03, Munsterberg for the stage against the photoplay. Both mention selection (Baker: 'selection and compression'; C3-B260-S75-01: 'select and heighten'). They differ on the cause and on fidelity. Baker grounds difference in practical conditions (length, single viewing, theatre, group audience, cooperation) and says the stage should be adapted to 'truthful representation of life'; the Munsterberg summary grounds it in an aesthetic principle of isolating art from practical life. Neither argument rests on cited experiments (C3-B260-S75-04; Baker's evidence is named plays and assertion). The comparison is the worker's synthesis. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/36580/pg36580.txt

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