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Literary Criticism: A Short History Classical Criticism
176 Pages
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Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1957, Literary Criticism: A Short History traces our aesthetic heritage from its classical origins up to the contemporary state of criticism in the English-speaking world.
Divided into four volumes, each book adopts a fair and objective position in the presentation of various critical positions, and each critical theory is considered not only in competition with other... Read more
Volume One: Classical Criticism; 1: Socrates and the Rhapsode; 2: Aristotle's Answer: Poetry as Structure; 3: Aristotle: Tragedy and Comedy; 4: The Verbal Medium: Plato and Aristotle; 5: Roman Classicism: Horace; 6: Roman Classicism: Longinus; 7: The Neo-Platonic Conclusion: Plotinus and Some Medieval Themes; Index
Biography
William K. Wimsatt, Jr. and Cleanth Brooks
