A History of Criticism, Vol. II
by George Saintsbury
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About this eBook
- Author
- Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933
- Title
- A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 2 (of 3), From the Renaissance to the decline of eighteenth century orthodoxy
- 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. 73128
- Release Date
- March 9, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A HISTORY OF CRITICISM AND LITERARY TASTE
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA TO VOLUME II.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.BOOK IV RENAISSANCE CRITICISM — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY—ERASMUS. — CHAPTER II. EARLY ITALIAN CRITICS. — CHAPTER III. SCALIGER, CASTELVETRO, AND THE LATER ITALIAN CRITICS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. — CHAPTER IV. THE CRITICISM OF THE PLÉIADE . — CHAPTER V. ELIZABETHAN CRITICISM.
- 6.INTERCHAPTER IV.
- 7.BOOK V THE CRYSTALLISING OF THE NEO-CLASSIC CREED — CHAPTER I. FROM MALHERBE TO BOILEAU. — CHAPTER II. THE ITALIAN DECADENCE AND THE SPANIARDS. — CHAPTER III. GERMAN AND DUTCH CRITICISM. — CHAPTER IV. DRYDEN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
- 8.INTERCHAPTER V.
- 9.BOOK VI EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ORTHODOXY — CHAPTER I. FROM ADDISON TO JOHNSON. — CHAPTER II. THE CONTEMPORARIES OF VOLTAIRE. — CHAPTER III. CLASSICISM IN THE OTHER NATIONS.
- 10.INTERCHAPTER VI. — I. — II.
- 11.INDEX.
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