Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... criticism of the sixteenth century to the " modern " literary criticism of Dryden : it is the seventeenth century that gives us " critic " in its modern significa- tion of one who does not merely judge - but judges a work of art . It is ...
... criticism of the sixteenth century to the " modern " literary criticism of Dryden : it is the seventeenth century that gives us " critic " in its modern significa- tion of one who does not merely judge - but judges a work of art . It is ...
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... criticism has acquired a higher reputation than that of any of his contemporaries ; Dryden rarely seeks to legislate , and most of his criticism , seemingly secreted by his plays and poems , consists of explanation and persuasive self ...
... criticism has acquired a higher reputation than that of any of his contemporaries ; Dryden rarely seeks to legislate , and most of his criticism , seemingly secreted by his plays and poems , consists of explanation and persuasive self ...
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... Criticism : Plato to Dryden ( 1940 ) is particularly valu- able for translations from important Continental critics . HISTORY OF CRITICISM The most comprehensive treatment of the period appears in J. W. H. Atkins , English Literary ...
... Criticism : Plato to Dryden ( 1940 ) is particularly valu- able for translations from important Continental critics . HISTORY OF CRITICISM The most comprehensive treatment of the period appears in J. W. H. Atkins , English Literary ...
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