Watson, George, 1927-,

The literary critics : a study of English descriptive criticism / [print] George Watson. - Enl. edition.ition. - London : Hogarth Press, (c)1986. - 242 pages ; 20 cm. - Hogarth critics . - Hogarth critics. .



In an original and highly stimulating approach, George Watson traces the evolution of critical doctrines, placing particular emphasis on those critics of genius who burst open the literary commonplaces of their day with forceful new ideas, compelling a change in values. He takes us from Dryden through the writings of the Augustans, Johnson, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Hazlitt, Matthew Arnold and Henry James, to T.S. Eliot and the controversial and intriguing contemporary scene, with its factions and debates, in an updated edition of this indispensable examination of the form.



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Criticism--History.--Great Britain
Description (Rhetoric)--History.

PN99.W338.L584 1986 PN99