English Critical Essays: Nineteenth Century by Edmund D. Jones
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"English Critical Essays: Nineteenth Century" by Edmund D. Jones is a collection of essays focusing on English literary criticism from the 19th century. This compilation reflects the significant evolution of critical thought during that period, particularly emphasizing the transition from Neo-classical traditions toward Romantic principles in poetry and literary expression. A central theme includes the exploration of poetry's purpose, language, and its connection to emotion and nature. The opening of this work
features a preface explaining its objectives in compiling critical essays that illustrate the landscape of literary thought during the 19th century. It highlights the importance of the Romantic Movement, sparked by key events like the publication of "Lyrical Ballads," and introduces prominent figures such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The essays included aim to discuss general principles of literary criticism rather than focus on specific authors or texts, with an intention to represent critiques of poetry's language and forms. Thus, this collection serves as both an anthology of 19th-century critical thought and a commentary on the changing nature of literature itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Editor | Jones, Edmund D. (Edmund David), 1869-1941 |
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| Title | English Critical Essays: Nineteenth Century |
| Alternate Title | English Critical Essays: 19th Century |
| Contents | Poetry and poetic diction, by W. Wordsworth -- Wordsworth's theory of diction, by S. T. Coleridge -- Metrical composition, by S. T. Coleridge -- The Canterbury pilgrims, by W. Blake -- On the tragedies of Shakespeare, considered with reference to their fitness for stage representation, by C. Lamb -- A defence of poetry, by P. B. Shelley -- My first acquaintance with poets, by W. Hazlitt -- Sacred poetry, by J. Keble -- Poetry with reference to Aristotle's Poetics, by J. H. Newman -- The hero as poet. Dante; Shakespeare, by T. Carlyle -- An answer to the question, what is poetry? By J. H. L. Hunt -- The choice of subjects in poetry, by M. Arnold -- Of the pathetic fallacy, by J. Ruskin -- Thoughts on poetry and its varieties, by J. S. Mill -- Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Browning; or, Pure, ornate, and grotesque art in English poetry, by W. Bagehot -- Coleridge's writings, by W. H. Pater -- Shakespeare; or, The poet, by R. W. Emerson -- Wordsworth, by J. R. Lowell. |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 50.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Poetry |
| Subject | English essays |
| Subject | Criticism |
| Subject | English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 31283 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-31283-5 |
| Release Date | Feb 15, 2010 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 894 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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