History Of English Criticism

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A History Of English Criticism, Which Was Originally The English Chapter Of Saintsbury S Monumental Three Volume A History Of Criticism And Literary Taste In Europe (1900-04), Was Published Separately In 1911 As A Revised, Adapted And Updated Edition, Complete In Itself. The Book Is The First Of Its Kind And Is Thus Of Great Historical Importance.The History Of English Criticism, As Saintsbury Sees It, Passes Through Three Distinct Stages: (I) The Initial Stage Of Elizabethan Criticism Tentative, Hesitating And Scattered Trying To Assimilate The Numerous Critical Ideas Scattered Throughout The Classical European Literatures (Ii) The Neo-Classic Period Starting With Dryden And Continuing Beyond The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century And Then (Iii) The Stage Of Modified Or Modernist Criticism. It Is, However, A Continuous Process With Rise And Fall Of Various Schools, Theories, Movements And Attitudes Etc.The First Chapter Examines The Classical Legacy Which Provides The Relevant Critical Framework Against Which The Development Of English Criticism Must Be Seen. In The Subsequent Chapters Professor Saintsbury Discusses At Length The Contributions Of Elizabethan Critics, Dryden And His Contemporaries, The Eighteenth Century Critics, The English Precursors Of Romanticism, The Romantic Critics And The Critics During The Period From 1860 To 1900. The Conclusion Neatly Sums Up The General Plan Of The Book And The Findings Of Professor Saintsbury, The First Academic Historian Of Universal Criticism.Though Profoundly Luminous And Sharply Insightful The Book Makes A Delightful Reading Mainly Because Of The Vigour Of The Overbearing Character Of Saintsbury Who Always Transmits His Opinions With Gusto And Invites His Readers To Share His Views, His Happiness And Hearty Preferences, His Strong Likes And Dislikes.The Book Is A Must For Any Student Of Literary Criticism.

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Genre : Criticism
Author : George Saintsbury
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Release : 2004
File : 598 Pages
ISBN-13 : 8171560725


A History Of Literary Criticism

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The author traces the course of literary criticism from its foundations in classical and medieval precepts to the theorising of the present day. He explores the texts which have been milestones in the history of critical thought, placing them firmly in the context of their time.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Harry Blamires
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 1991-08-16
File : 423 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781349214952


A History Of English Criticism

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : George Saintsbury
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Release : 1911
File : 576 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105036507304


The Cambridge History Of Literary Criticism Volume 3 The Renaissance

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This 1999 volume was the first to explore as part of an unbroken continuum the critical legacy both of the humanist rediscovery of ancient learning and of its neoclassical reformulation. Focused on what is arguably the most complex phase in the transmission of the Western literary-critical heritage, the book encompasses those issues that helped shape the way European writers thought about literature from the late Middle Ages to the late seventeenth century. These issues touched almost every facet of Western intellectual endeavour, as well as the historical, cultural, social, scientific, and technological contexts in which that activity evolved. From the interpretative reassessment of the major ancient poetic texts, this volume addresses the emergence of the literary critic in Europe by exploring poetics, prose fiction, contexts of criticism, neoclassicism, and national developments. Sixty-one chapters by internationally respected scholars are supported by an introduction, detailed bibliographies for further investigation and a full index.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : George Alexander Kennedy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 1989
File : 790 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521300088


A History Of Literary Criticism In Iran 1866 1951

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Cultural writing. Literary criticism. Middle-Eastern Studies. A HISTORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM IN IRAN contains comprehensive research on the works of the leading figures in the field of literary criticism in modernist Iranian thought in the nineteenth century: Mirza Fath `Ali Akhundzade, Mirza Malkom Khan, Mirza `Abd al-Rahim Talebof and Zeyn al-`Abedin Maraghe`i. Inclusion of Ahmad Kasravi and Sadeq Hedayat was considered appropriate later due to some common aspects of critical attitude to the predecessors. These criticisms were the first seeds of modern literary criticism sown in the field of social and political life in Iran. Parsinejad is well-known to researchers in the field of Iranian studies. The publication of this book is useful in familiarizing readers with one of the most crucial aspects of progressive and critical thought in the Iranian modern era.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Iraj Parsinejad
Publisher : Ibex Publishers, Inc.
Release : 2003
File : 353 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781588140166


The Cambridge History Of Literary Criticism Volume 9 Twentieth Century Historical Philosophical And Psychological Perspectives

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This ninth volume in The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism presents a wide-ranging survey of developments in literary criticism and theory during the last century. Drawing on the combined expertise of a large team of specialist scholars, it offers an authoritative account of the various movements of thought that have made the late twentieth century such a richly productive period in the history of criticism. The aim has been to cover developments which have had greatest impact on the academic study of literature, along with background chapters that place those movements in a broader, intellectual, national and socio-cultural perspective. In comparison with Volumes Seven and Eight, also devoted to twentieth-century developments, there is marked emphasis on the rethinking of historical and philosophical approaches, which have emerged, especially during the past two decades, as among the most challenging areas of debate.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Christa Knellwolf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 1989
File : 497 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780521317252


The Invention Of English Criticism

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An account of the origins and development of literary criticism in the turbulent seventeenth- and eighteenth-century print marketplace.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Michael Gavin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2015-05-05
File : 229 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781107101203


The Cambridge History Of Literary Criticism Volume 5 Romanticism

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The history of the most hotly debated areas of literary theory, including structuralism and deconstruction.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : George Alexander Kennedy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 1989
File : 532 Pages
ISBN-13 : 052130010X


The Cambridge History Of Literary Criticism Volume 4 The Eighteenth Century

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This is a comprehensive 1997 account of the history of literary criticism in Britain and Europe between 1660 and 1800. Unlike previous histories, it is not just a chronological survey of critical writing, but a multidisciplinary investigation of how the understanding of literature and its various genres was transformed, at the start of the modern era, by developments in philosophy, psychology, the natural sciences, linguistics, and other disciplines, as well as in society at large. In the process, modern literary theory - at first often implicit in literary texts themselves - emancipated itself from classical poetics and rhetoric, and literary criticism emerged as a full-time professional activity catering for an expanding literate public. The volume is international both in coverage and in authorship. Extensive bibliographies provide guidance for further specialised study.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : H. B. Nisbet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2005-12-08
File : 978 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521317207


A History Of Literary Criticism

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This comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism, as well as surveying their cultural, historical, and philosophical contexts. Supplies the cultural, historical and philosophical background to the literary criticism of each era Enables students to see the development of literary criticism in context Organised chronologically, from classical literary criticism through to deconstruction Considers a wide range of thinkers and events from the French Revolution to Freud’s views on civilization Can be used alongside any anthology of literary criticism or as a coherent stand-alone introduction

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : M. A. R. Habib
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release : 2008-04-15
File : 848 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781405148849