Literature, its principles and problems
By: [by] Theodore W. Hunt ...
Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls company
Published: 1906
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: Literature.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 395-397.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Guiding principles in the interpretation of literature. A definition of literature. Methods of literary study. The scope of literature; title: literature and science. Literature and philosophy. Literature and politics. Literature and language. Literature and literary criticism. Literature and life. Literature and ethics. Literature and the arts. The mission of literature.; title: pt. 2. The aims of literary reading and study. The genesis and growth of literary forms. Primary poetic types; title: general and special. Primary prose types. The historical development of epic verse. Poetry. Poetics. Prose fiction as a form of literature. Open questions in literature. Hebraism and Hellinism in literature. The place of literature in liberal education.