The Art Of Criticism Or The Method Of Making A Right Judgment Upon Subjects Of Wit And Learning
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Studies In Criticism And Aesthetics 1660 1800
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Author : Howard Anderson
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 1967-01-01
Studies In Criticism And Aesthetics 1660 1800 written by Howard Anderson and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967-01-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Studies in Criticism and Aesthetics, 1660–1800 was first published in 1967. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. In this volume nineteen contributors, in as many essays, discuss various aspects of critical and aesthetic development in the late seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries, from the time of Dryden to Wordsworth. This was a period in which traditional literary criticism progressed in important new directions and which saw the rise of aesthetic theory. The book is published in honor of Samuel Holt Monk, professor of English at the University of Minnesota, and distinguished American scholar in the field of eighteenth century English literature, literary criticism, and aesthetics. The essays, all of which were written for this volume, analyze the literary theories and assumptions of some of the most important artists and critics of the time, as well as the aesthetic theories which influenced painting and literature. During the period under discussion, the progress of social and philosophical thought stimulated an intensive examination of the nature and function of art. Although neoclassical ideals dominated Restoration criticism and continued to influence Pope and later critics like Johnson and Reynolds, other tendencies were gaining ground, and throughout the eighteenth century the effort to reconcile a growing interest in "the pleasing emotions" with the tenets of classicism created criticism and aesthetic theory of extraordinary complexity. These essays illuminate that complexity without oversimplifying it. The book is illustrated with reproductions of works of art of the period. In addition to the essays, there is a bibliography of Professor Monk's writings.
Ridicule Religion And The Politics Of Wit In Augustan England
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Author : Professor Roger D Lund
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2013-05-28
Ridicule Religion And The Politics Of Wit In Augustan England written by Professor Roger D Lund and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Arguing for the importance of wit beyond its use as a literary device, Roger D. Lund outlines the process by which writers in Restoration and eighteenth-century England struggled to define an appropriate role for wit in the public sphere. He traces its unpredictable effects in works of philosophy, religious pamphlets, and legal writing and examines what happens when literary wit is deliberately used to undermine the judgment of individuals and to destabilize established institutions of church and state. Beginning with a discussion of wit's association with deception, Lund suggests that suspicion of wit and the imagination emerges in attacks on the Restoration stage, in the persecution of The Craftsman, and in criticism directed at Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan and works by writers like the Earl of Shaftesbury, Thomas Woolston, and Thomas Paine. Anxieties about wit, Lund shows, were in part responsible for attempts to suppress new communal venues such as coffee houses and clubs and for the Church's condemnation of the seditious pamphlets made possible by the lapse of the Licensing Act in 1695. Finally, the establishment's conviction that wit, ridicule, satire, and innuendo are subversive rhetorical forms is glaringly at play in attempts to use libel trials to translate the fear of wit as a metaphorical transgression of public decorum into an actual violation of the civil code.
The Cultural Milieu Of Addison S Literary Criticism
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Author : Lee Andrew Elioseff
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2014-09-01
The Cultural Milieu Of Addison S Literary Criticism written by Lee Andrew Elioseff and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
The whole history of literary criticism is illuminated by this analysis of one English critic’s work. It is, in effect, a literary case study presented as partial answer to the complicated question: what cultural conditions are conducive to the development of a particular theory of literature? Initially, Lee Andrew Elioseff defines four difficult responsibilities of the historian of criticism: the interpretation of his material in terms of all the cultural circumstances that produced it; elimination of the purely chance elements, such as private feuds and unimportant personal tastes; consideration of those aspects of criticism that best indicate the dominant critical opinions of the age and the principles that are leading it; and illumination of the present critical situation. Concentrating upon the first three of these obligations, Elioseff seeks the sources of modern literary criticism in the works of Joseph Addison and his contemporaries, analyzing with great care and accuracy their responses to problems—both literary and nonliterary—in their culture. From the analysis, Addison emerges as a very significant figure: a critic who moved from Renaissance and neoclassical humanism and became one of the most important predecessors of romantic criticism; a formulator of what was to become the “emotive strain” in literary criticism; an essayist who raised many problems shared by the “modern” psychological critic whose immediate concern is the effect of the literature upon its audience. Drawing abundantly from a wide knowledge of philosophy, literature, and history, and exercising an incisive critical acumen, Elioseff discusses Addison’s criticism in three aspects: “The Critical Milieu,” an interpretation of Addison’s relation to his age as it influenced his views on tragedy, epic poetry, and ballads; “Addison and Eighteenth-Century England,” a consideration of contemporary political thought, morals, and theology; and the “Empirical Tradition,” an analysis of Addison’s critical views as expressed in The Pleasures of the Imagination.
Delphi Complete Works Of Sir Richard Steele Illustrated
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Author : Sir Richard Steele
language : en
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Release Date : 2024-02-29
Delphi Complete Works Of Sir Richard Steele Illustrated written by Sir Richard Steele and has been published by Delphi Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-29 with History categories.
The eighteenth century essayist, dramatist, journalist and politician Sir Richard Steele is best known today as the principal author of the periodicals ‘The Tatler’ and ‘The Spectator’. One of the most compelling figures of his time, Steele adopted a prose technique characterised by its easy, rapid, humorous and sincere style. His publications represented a new approach to journalism, offering cultivated essays on contemporary manners, establishing a pattern that would influence the course of English literature. This eBook presents Steele’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Steele’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All the major tracts, with individual contents tables * Features rare essays appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the texts were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The complete plays and poetry, with superior formatting * Includes the complete run of both ‘The Tatler’ and ‘The Spectator’ * Features two biographies – discover Steele’s literary life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Prose The Christian Hero (1701) The Spectator Club (1711) The Englishman’s Thanks to the Duke of Marlborough (1712) The Importance of Dunkirk Consider’d (1713) The Crisis (1714) Mr. Steele’s Apology for Himself and His Writings (1714) The Englishman: Being the Close of the Paper So-Called No. 57 (1714) An Account of the Fish-Pool (1718) The Crisis of Property (1720) A Nation a Family (1720) Isaac Bickerstaff: Physician and Astrologer (1887) Miscellaneous Tracts The Dramatic Works The Funeral (1701) The Lying Lover (1703) The Tender Husband (1705) The Conscious Lovers (1723) The School of Action (1725) The Gentleman (1809) Prologues to Plays by Other Writers The Poem The Procession (1695) The Journalism The Tatler (1709-1711) The Spectator (1711-1712) The Biographies Richard Steele (1894) by G. A. Aitken Sir Richard Steele (1900) by Henry Austin Dobson
The New Cambridge Bibliography Of English Literature Volume 2 1660 1800
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Author : George Watson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1971-07-02
The New Cambridge Bibliography Of English Literature Volume 2 1660 1800 written by George Watson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971-07-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
More than fifty specialists have contributed to this new edition of volume 2 of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in all its essentials for the new edition. The task of the new contributors has been to revise and integrate the lists of 1940 and 1957, to add materials of the following decade, to correct and refine the bibliographical details already available, and to re-shape the whole according to a new series of conventions devised to give greater clarity and consistency to the entries.
The Poems Of Alexander Pope Volume One
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Author : Julian Ferraro
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-21
The Poems Of Alexander Pope Volume One written by Julian Ferraro and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-21 with Literary Collections categories.
The Poems of Alexander Pope is a multi-volume edition of the poetry of Alexander Pope (1688–1744) resulting from a thorough reappraisal of his work, from composition through to reception. The annotations and headnotes are full and informative, and the layout is designed to enable the reader to navigate easily between the poems, the record of variants and the editorial commentary. The poems are presented in chronological order of publication, with original capitalisation, italicisation, punctuation and spelling preserved. A record of variants to each poem illustrates the changes Pope made in subsequent editions, and full editorial annotation sets the poems in appropriate literary, historical and cultural contexts. This volume contains the poetry that appeared between 1709 and 1714, including the Pastorals and the ‘Rape of the Locke’. Much of the publication history of these poems shows Pope collaborating with the major writers and publishers of his time, as might be expected of a writer whose preparation for a literary career was so meticulous. But Pope was also beginning to establish himself on his own account, publishing (at first anonymously) a substantial statement of ideas, An Essay on Criticism. Another separate pamphlet, Windsor-Forest, constituted his distinctive contribution to the heavy freight of ‘Peace’ poems prompted by the Treaty of Utrecht. In all, the poems presented in this volume reveal an engagement with the literary and publishing industry that is at once amenable and independent.
Selections From The Life Of Samuel Johnson
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Author : James Boswell
language : en
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Release Date : 2018-12-19
Selections From The Life Of Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell and has been published by Courier Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The most famous friendship in English literature arose between a distinguished eighteenth-century writer and his young admirer. The result is this brilliant narrative and its enduring portrait of an age as well as person. James Boswell profiles critic, author, and poet Samuel Johnson, recapturing the sage's wit and conversational style on topics from literature and politics to religion and gossip. Much of their association was conducted from afar; from his home in Edinburgh, Boswell visited London for several weeks each year, where the men socialized in taverns, in Johnson's dwelling, and at dinner with friends — a circle that included playwright Oliver Goldsmith, painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, actor David Garrick, and other luminaries. Boswell's remarkably modern approach interweaves letters and a series of vignettes that he called "scenes." Published in 1791, the book has become far more familiar than Johnson's own works, and this edition provides an accessible, abridged edition of the classic biography.
The Satires And Epistles Of Horace Done Into English With Notes
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Author : Horace
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1709
The Satires And Epistles Of Horace Done Into English With Notes written by Horace and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1709 with categories.
David Hume A Treatise Of Human Nature
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Author : David Fate Norton
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-04-19
David Hume A Treatise Of Human Nature written by David Fate Norton and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-19 with Philosophy categories.
David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This second volume begins with their 'Historical Account' of the Treatise, an account that runs from the beginnings of the work to the period immediately following Hume's death in 1776, followed by an account of the Nortons' editorial procedures and policies and a record of the differences between the first-edition text of the Treatise and the critical text that follows. The volume continues with an extensive set of 'Editors' Annotations', intended to illuminate (though not intepret) Hume's texts; a four-part bibliography of materials cited in both volumes; and a comprehensive index.
The Poems Of John Dryden Volume Four
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Author : Paul Hammond
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-12
The Poems Of John Dryden Volume Four written by Paul Hammond and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
Volume Four covers poems published between 1693 and 1696, principally Dryden's translations from Juvenal and Persius, and those from Ovid and Homer included in the miscellany Examen Poeticum (1693). This new edition represents the most informative and accessible edition of Dryden's poetry, incorporating extensive new research and providing an invaluable resource for all those interested in English poetry and Restoration culture.