Originally published in 1951, this volume covers the transition period between the years of Renaissance influence and the dawn of 19th Century Romanticism. The book analyses the theories and judgments of various critics and their bearing on literary appreciation.
Originally published in 1951, this volume covers the transition period between the years of Renaissance influence and the dawn of 19th Century Romanticism. The book analyses the theories and judgments of various critics and their bearing on literary appreciation.
J. W. H. Atkins was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge and Emeritus Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Aberystwyth
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1. The Break with Renascence Tradition: New French Influences i) Neo-Classicism ii) More Liberal Doctrines 2. The Transitional Stage: Davenant Hobbes Cowley Sprat and Dryden i) Poetry ii) Prose Style iii) Drama 3. New French Influences: Rymer Mulgrave Temple Wotton Phillips Wolseley and Collier i) Influence of Rapin and Boileau ii) Reaction to Perrault and Fontenelle iii) Interest in Early Native Literature iv) Contemporary Problems 4. 'The Father of English Criticism' Dryden i) Nature and Art of Poetry ii) Forms of Poetry: Epic iii) Critical Standards and Judgments 5. Neo-Classicism Challenged: Dennis Addison Pope Swift Welsted and Blackwell 6. The Widening Outlook: Lowth Young Gray the Wartons Hurd i) Influence of 'Longinus' ii) Antiquarian Interests 7. Shakespeare Criticism: Rowe Pope Theobald Johnson Kames Mrs. Montagu and Morgann i) Work of Editors ii) Shakespeare Studies 8. The Great Cham of Literature: Johnson i) Critical Standards and Methods ii) Literary Theory 9. Critical Cross-Currents: Fielding Sheridan Cowper Shaftesbury Hume Burke Kames Reynolds and Beattie i) Littérateurs ii) Philosophers iii) Art Critics iv)Minor Contributors 10. Conclusion
1. The Break with Renascence Tradition: New French Influences i) Neo-Classicism ii) More Liberal Doctrines 2. The Transitional Stage: Davenant Hobbes Cowley Sprat and Dryden i) Poetry ii) Prose Style iii) Drama 3. New French Influences: Rymer Mulgrave Temple Wotton Phillips Wolseley and Collier i) Influence of Rapin and Boileau ii) Reaction to Perrault and Fontenelle iii) Interest in Early Native Literature iv) Contemporary Problems 4. 'The Father of English Criticism' Dryden i) Nature and Art of Poetry ii) Forms of Poetry: Epic iii) Critical Standards and Judgments 5. Neo-Classicism Challenged: Dennis Addison Pope Swift Welsted and Blackwell 6. The Widening Outlook: Lowth Young Gray the Wartons Hurd i) Influence of 'Longinus' ii) Antiquarian Interests 7. Shakespeare Criticism: Rowe Pope Theobald Johnson Kames Mrs. Montagu and Morgann i) Work of Editors ii) Shakespeare Studies 8. The Great Cham of Literature: Johnson i) Critical Standards and Methods ii) Literary Theory 9. Critical Cross-Currents: Fielding Sheridan Cowper Shaftesbury Hume Burke Kames Reynolds and Beattie i) Littérateurs ii) Philosophers iii) Art Critics iv)Minor Contributors 10. Conclusion
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