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A History of Criticism, Vol. I

A History of Criticism, Vol. I

by George Saintsbury

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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 1 (of 3), Classical and mediæval criticism
Original Publication
United Kingdom: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902, pubdate 1904, pubdate 1905.
Credits
Jonathan Ingram, Mark Alexander, 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. 70619
Release Date
April 22, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A History of Criticism
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.BOOK I GREEK CRITICISM — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. — CHAPTER II. GREEK CRITICISM BEFORE ARISTOTLE. — CHAPTER III. ARISTOTLE. — CHAPTER IV. GREEK CRITICISM AFTER ARISTOTLE. SCHOLASTIC AND MISCELLANEOUS. — CHAPTER V. DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS, PLUTARCH, LUCIAN, LONGINUS. — CHAPTER VI. BYZANTINE CRITICISM. — INTERCHAPTER I.
  5. 5.BOOK II LATIN CRITICISM — CHAPTER 1. BEFORE QUINTILIAN—CICERO, HORACE, SENECA THE ELDER, VARRO. — CHAPTER II. THE CONTEMPORARIES OF QUINTILIAN. — CHAPTER III. QUINTILIAN. — CHAPTER IV. LATER WRITERS. — INTERCHAPTER II.
  6. 6.BOOK III MEDIÆVAL CRITICISM — CHAPTER I. BEFORE DANTE. — CHAPTER II. DANTE. — CHAPTER III. THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES. — INTERCHAPTER III. — I. — II
  7. 7.INDEX.

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