Open Old Books
Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism [First Series]

Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism [First Series]

by Henry Seidel Canby

No ratings yet

Language: English

Sign in to rate this book.

Sign in to shelve this book.

About this eBook

Author
Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961
Credits
Produced by Ralph Zimmerman, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
English fiction -- History and criticism
Category
Text
eBook-No.
6106
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6106
Release Date
July 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.DEFINITIONS
  2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  3. 3.PREFACE
  4. 4.CONTENTS — PREFACE
  5. 5.I
  6. 6.FREE FICTION
  7. 7.A CERTAIN CONDESCENSION TOWARD FICTION — THE ESSENCE OF POPULARITY
  8. 8.II — BACK TO NATURE
  9. 9.THANKS TO THE ARTISTS — TO-DAY IN AMERICAN LITERATURE: ADDRESSED TO THE BRITISH — TIME'S MIRROR
  10. 10.THE FAMILY MAGAZINE
  11. 11.III
  12. 12.PURITANS ALL
  13. 13.THE OLDER GENERATION
  14. 14.A LITERATURE OF PROTEST
  15. 15.BARBARIANS A LA MODE
  16. 16.IV
  17. 17.THE RACE OF REVIEWERS
  18. 18.THE SINS OF REVIEWING
  19. 19.MRS. WHARTON'S "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE"
  20. 20.MR. HERGESHEIMER'S "CYTHEREA"
  21. 21.V
  22. 22.EYE, EAR, AND MIND
  23. 23.OUT WITH THE DILETTANTE
  24. 24.FLAT PROSE
  25. 25.VI
  26. 26.THE NOVELIST OF PITY
  27. 27.AFTER SCENE — SPIRIT OF THE YEARS
  28. 28.HENRY JAMES
  29. 29.VII

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.