A History Of Literary Criticism And Theory

This comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism, as well as surveying their cultural, historical, and philosophical contexts. • Part I: Ancient Greek Criticism. • Part II: The Traditions of Rhetoric. • Part III: Greek and Latin Criticism During the Roman Empire. • Part IV: The Medieval Era. • Part V: The Early Modern Period to the Enlightment. • Part VI: The Earlier Nineteenth Century and Romanticism. • Part VII: The Later Nineteenth Century. • Part VIII: The Twentieth Century.