J. W. H. Atkins

English Literary Criticism (eBook, PDF)

17th & 18th Centuries

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1951, this volume covers the transition period between the years of Renaissance influence and the dawn of 19th Century Romanticism. The book analyses the theories and judgments of various critics and their bearing on literary appreciation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000378993
• Artikelnr.: 61969014

Autorenporträt

J. W. H. Atkins was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge and Emeritus Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Aberystwyth

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Medieval Inheritance 3. Early Grammarians: Bede and
Alcuin 4. The Dawn of Humanism: John of Salisbury 5. Medieval Poetics:
Geoffrey of Vinsauf and John of Garland 6. Check and Counter-Check to
Literary Studies: John of Garland, Robert Grosseteste, Roger Bacon and
Richard of Bury 7. Native Literary Problems: The Owl and the Nightingale,
Wiclif, Chaucer 8. Native Literary Problems (continued): Caxton, Hawes,
Skelton 9. Conclusion Appendix: Summary of Medieval poetic (Geoffrey of
Vinsauf).