Specimens of modern English literary criticism
By: chosen and ed., with an introduction and notes, by William T. Brewster ...
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1907
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: English literature -- History and criticism.; English prose literature.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. - Essays: 1. Stephen, L. Wood's halfpence. 2. Masson, D. De Quincey's writings: Classification and review. 3. Johnson, S. The metaphysical poets. 4. Macaulay, T.B. Mr. Robert Montgomery's poems. 5. Bagehot, W. Charles Dickens. 6. Pater, W. Wordsworth. 7. Robertson, J.M. Poe. 8. Dryden J. Preface to the fables. 9. Harrison, F. Ruskin as a master of prose. 10. Lamb, C. On the tragedies of Shakespeare. 11. James, H. The art of fiction. 12. Poe, E. A. The philosophy of composition. 13. Arnold, M. The study of poetry. 14. Coleridge, S.T. On poetry and poetic power. 15. Shelley, P.B. A defence of poetry. - Notes and questions on the preceding selections. - List of books referred to in the introduction and the notes (p. 356-359)