1st Edition
The Art of Discrimination Thomson's The Seasons and the Language of Criticism
By Ralph Cohen
Copyright 1964
584 Pages
by
Routledge
584 Pages
by
Routledge
584 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1964, The Art of Discrimination is a study in the relation between critical theory and practice, taking as its test-case James Thomson’s The Seasons, the poem which was, according to Johnson, of "a new kind". Professor Cohen explores the different applications of criticism from 1750 to 1950, analysing specific interpretations of the poem that altered, contradicted or... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Criticism and Process: The Problem of Thomson’s Revisions 2. Hypotheses and their Transformation: Critical Traditional and the Pressure of the Poem 3. Things, Images and Imagination: The Reconsideration of Description 4. The Scope of Critical Analogy: ‘Ut Pictura Poesis’ 5. Literary Criticism and Illustrations of ‘The Seasons’ 6. Diction, Style and Language: The Dilemma of Critical Agreement 7. The Appeals to the Past: Critics and Audiences 8. Conclusion: Criticism and Discrimination Appendix I: A Check List of Editions of ‘The Seasons’ Appendix II: The Identification of a Critic Index of Names Index of Subjects
Biography
Ralph Cohen
