The Craft of Criticism
The Craft of Criticism
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GBPStudents of literature are not sure of expositions of critical principle or examples of critical practice. However, the books of theory tend to be both abstruse and remote from literary appreciation, while books of practical criticism rarely spell out the principles which underpin them. Originally published in 1982, this book attempts to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of criticism. The bulk of the book consists of practical critiques of poems of various kinds from various periods that illustrate a variety of critical methods. The author does not simply try to match each poem with one method, but rather to show how a whole range of distinguishable methods are applicable to most poems, though in very different degrees. This is a clear and stimulating textbook, aimed at educating the literary sensibility. After studying this book, the reader should be able to approach the assessment of any work of creative literature with greater confidence and competence.
Product details
November 1982Paperback
9780521299091
204 pages
216 × 140 × 11 mm
0.27kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Critiques
- 1. 'Poem in October', Dylan Thomas
- 2. 'Piazza Piece', John Crowe Ransom
- 3. 'To His Coy Mistress', Andrew Marvell
- 4. 'Two X', e. e. cummings
- 5. 'The Twa Corbies' (with 'The Three Ravens'), Anon.
- 6. 'To a Steam Roller', Marianne Moore
- 7. 'To Autumn' (with 'Ode on a Grecian Urn', 'Ode to a Nightingale', and 'Ode on Melancholy'), John Keats
- 8. 'The Poplar Field', William Cowper
- 9. 'She Dwelt Among Th' Untrodden Ways', William Wordsworth
- 10. 'Hibiscus and Salvia Flowers' (with 'Kangaroo'), D. H. Lawrence
- 11. 'Thistles', Ted Hughes
- 12. 'Deceptions', Philip Larkin
- 13. Sonnet 138, William Shakespeare
- 14. 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow...' (from Macbeth), William Shakespeare
- 15. 'Snow', Louis MacNeice
- 16. 'A Martian Sends a Postcard Home', Craig Raine
- 17. 'The Draft Horse', Robert Frost
- 18. 'London', William Blake
- 19. 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death', W. B. Yeats
- 20. Sebastian's sestina (from The Sea and the Mirror), W. H. Auden
- 21. 'Lady, Weeping at the Crossroads', W. H. Auden
- 22. 'Procrastination', George Crabbe
- Conclusion
- Glossary.
