Principles of Literary CriticismHarcourt, Brace, 1961 - 299 sidor Why one opinion upon literature or life is not as good as another, why some experiences are worth while and others not, why poetry and art are important, are the chief questions discussed in this book. Such topics are often treated without sufficient attention to the distorting influence of language. The author's Poetics has been based upon a study of the emotional use of words, and through this approach a clear answer to many perplexing problems is forthcoming. A whole generation of critics, teachers and students of literature has found this book of extraordinary value. |
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THE CHAOS OF CRITICAL THEORIES | 5 |
THE LANGUAGE OF CRITICISM | 19 |
COMMUNICATION AND THE ARTIST | 25 |
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A. C. Bradley activity actual æsthetic appear arise Aristotle artist attitudes Beauty become behaviour belief Biographia Literaria C. K. Ogden Chapter character Clive Bell Coleridge colour communication complex confusion connection consciousness consider course critical theory criticism definite degree depends difficult discussion doctrine effects elements emotion example explain fact feeling further human imagery images imagination important impulses individual instance interpretation involved judgment kind less matter Matthew Arnold means mental event merely metre metrists mind moral nature normal object onomatopoeia organisation peculiar perhaps perience persons picture pleasure poem poet poetic experience poetry possible present problem psychology reader reading reasons recognised reference relations remarks response rhythm scientific sensations sense sensory similar sound stimuli sui generis systematisation theory of value things Thomas Rymer thought tion Tragedy true truth usually valuable varied visual Waste Land whole words