Literary Criticism: A Short History

ISBN-13: 9780367692124 / Miękka / 2023 / 176 str.

Cleanth Brooks

Opis

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. Volume One focuses on Classical criticism.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

William K. Wimsatt, Jr. and Cleanth Brooks