English Literary Criticism

By Various

Book Overview

English Literary Criticism is a comprehensive collection of essays and articles written by various renowned literary critics. The book covers a wide range of literary genres and periods, including poetry, drama, and fiction from the medieval to the contemporary era. The essays provide insightful and thought-provoking analyses of literary works, exploring themes, literary devices, and the cultural and historical context in which they were produced. The book also includes critical essays on major literary figures, such as Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, and T.S. Eliot. This collection is an essential resource for students and scholars of English literature, as well as for anyone interested in exploring the complexities and nuances of literary criticism.I find I have anticipated already, and taken up from Boccace before I come to him; but there is so much less behind; and I am of the temper of most kings, who love to be in debt, are all for present money, no matter how they pay it afterwards; besides, the nature of a preface is rambling, never wholly out of the way, nor in it. This I have learned from the practice of honest Montaigne, and return at my pleasure to Ovid and Chaucer, of whom I have little more to say. Both of them built on the inventions of other men; yet since Chaucer had something of his own, as the Wife of Bath's Tale, The Cock and the Fox, which I have translated, and some others.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419117858
• ISBN13: 9781419117855
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 11.0"