If we want to understand and judge an author, we should know the opinions of that era on his kind of works. These opinions are the materials of the history of literary criticism in later generations, and they expressed a kind of literary atmosphere at that time. An artist always creates under certain social conditions and in a certain literary atmosphere. This atmosphere affects his choice of theme, genre and style, and gives him opportunities. It also limits his scope.
the wrong understanding of the above paragraph?
At that time, the influence of atmosphere on artists' creation was negative.