A long introduction traces how English criticism developed in method from the Elizabethans to the nineteenth century, and each stage is shown in a sample from a typical writer. Dryden weighs the characters of Homer and Virgil, Samuel Johnson appears in force, and Hazlitt writes on Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi.
A compact guided tour for students and readers curious about how the English learned to judge their literature. Download the free EPUB.