An Essay Contributing To A Philosophy Of Literature
Publisher: J.J. McVey
Published: 1899
Place of publication: Philadelphia, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Introduction 7; title: PART I.; title: Principles and Facts.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Definition and Fundamental Principle 11; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Function of Literature 14; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Origin of Literature 16; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Language and Literature 27; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Architecture and Literature 33; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: The Law of Literary Epochs 41; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Influencing Agencies in Literature 47; title: I. The East 49; title: II. Greece 58; title: III. Roms 63; title: IV. Christianity 64; title: V. The Alexandrian Schools 67; title: VI. Two Representative Poets 71; title: VII. The Early Fathers 73; title: VIII. Christianity and Barbarism 81; title: IX. The Carlovingian and Arthurian Cycles 85; title: X. The Schoolmen 97; title: XI. The Mystics 106; title: XII. Miracle-Plays and Moralities 108; title: XIII. The Renaissance 113; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: Literature and the Reformation 122; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: Lord Bacon and Modern Thought 143; title: CHAPTER X.; title: The Law of Thought 156; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: Characteristics of Ancient and Modern Literature 161; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: Positivism and Literature 167