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Tag: Literary Criticism

267. (John Keats)

Postscript: The recognition of truth as truth, of something as true, is a particular species of judgment that is often … More

Christopher Ricks, John Keats, Literary Criticism, Poetry

265. (William Empson)

With each return to Empson’s criticism, a new fulcrum point on which it can be turned. The chapter on “Candid … More

Foucault, Literary Criticism, William Empson

234. (William Empson)

William Empson’s Seven Types of Ambiguity is an acknowledged classic of literary criticism, but it is also among the most … More

Literary Criticism, Poetry, William Empson

205. (William Empson)

That great literature balances great forces judiciously, that it calms a turbulence of mind, and that it communicates truths that … More

Anthropology, Humanities, Literary Criticism, William Empson

194. (Erich Auerbach)

Literature only happens at a distance from the ideology it depends on for its making; that is why ideological critique … More

Andrew Hay, Erich Auerbach, Literary Criticism

151. (William Empson)

Curiously, coming as late in the book as it does, the chapter on Bentley and Milton in Some Versions of Pastoral … More

Literary Criticism, Milton, Paradise Lost, pastoral, Poetry, William Empson

77. (R.H. Hutton)

One of the chief differences between eighteenth- and nineteenth-century voices of critical prose is that the former wrote for the … More

Carlyle, Dickens, George Eliot, Julia Wedgwood, Literary Criticism, Matthew Arnold, R.H. Hutton, Tennyson, Victorian Literature, Victorian Poetry, Victorians
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