A History of Criticism, Vol. 3

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Author

Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933

Title

A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe, from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 3 (of 3), Modern criticism

Original Publication

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902, pubdate 1904, pubdate 1905.

Credits

Jonathan Ingram, KD Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Criticism -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74397

Release Date

September 11, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A HISTORY OF CRITICISM AND LITERARY TASTE
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. — VOLUME I. — VOLUME II. — VOLUME III.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.BOOK VII THE DISSOLVENTS OF NEO-CLASSICISM — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY AND RETROSPECTIVE. — CHAPTER II. THE RALLY OF GERMANY—LESSING. — CHAPTER III. THE ENGLISH PRECURSORS. — CHAPTER IV. DIDEROT AND THE FRENCH TRANSITION. — CHAPTER V. ÆSTHETICS AND THEIR INFLUENCE. — CHAPTER VI. THE STUDY OF LITERATURE. — INTERCHAPTER VII.
6. 6.BOOK VIII THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CRITICISM — CHAPTER I. WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE: THEIR COMPANIONS AND ADVERSARIES. — CHAPTER II. MIL-HUIT-CENT-TRENTE. — CHAPTER III. GOETHE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. — CHAPTER IV. THE CHANGE IN THE OTHER NATIONS. — INTERCHAPTER VIII. (WITH AN EXCURSUS ON PERIODICAL CRITICISM.)
7. 7.BOOK IX THE LATER NINETEENTH CENTURY — CHAPTER I. THE SUCCESSORS OF SAINTE-BEUVE. — CHAPTER II. BETWEEN COLERIDGE AND ARNOLD. — CHAPTER III. ENGLISH CRITICISM—1860-1900. — CHAPTER IV. LATER GERMAN CRITICISM. — CHAPTER V. REVIVALS AND COMMENCEMENTS.
8. 8.CONCLUSION — I. — II.
9. 9.APPENDICES — APPENDIX I. THE OXFORD CHAIR OF POETRY. — APPENDIX II. AMERICAN CRITICISM.
10. 10.INDEX.

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