Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames

Huntington and Savage, 1845 - Criticism - 504 pages

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 11
• Perceptions and Ideas in a train: 22
• Power of Sounds to raise Emotions and Passions: 35
• In many instances one Emotion is productive of another The: 41
• Causes of the Passions of Fear and Anger: 47
• Emotions and Passions as pleasant and painful agreeable: 58
• Coexistent Emotions and Passions: 67
• Influence of Passion with respect to our Perceptions Opinions: 82
• Page: 83
• Resemblance of Emotions to their Causes: 94
• Grandeur and Sublimity: 109
• Motion and Force: 127
• Risible Objects: 137
• Uniformity and Variety: 151
• Congruity and Propriety: 164
• Dignity and Grace: 172
• Ridicule: 178
• Wit: 185
• Custom and Habit: 193
• External Signs of Emotions and Passions: 204
• Sentiments: 215
• Language of Passion 235: 237
• Beauty of Language: 247
• Beauty of Language with respect to Sound: 248
• Beauty of Language with respect to Signification: 254
• Beauty of Language from a resemblance between Sound and Signification: 282
• Versification: 289
• Comparisons: 325
• Figures: 347
• Apostrophe: 359
• Hyperbole: 361
• The Means or Instrument conceived to be the agent: 365
• Metaphor and Allegory: 368
• Figure of Speech: 379
• Subjects expressed figuratively: 382
• Attributes expressed figuratively: 385
• Narration and Description: 391
• Epic and Dramatic Compositions: 414
• The Three Unities: 429
• Gardening and Architecture: 441
• Standard of Taste: 466
• Appendix Terms defined or explained: 474
• Index: 489

Bibliographic information

• Title: Elements of Criticism
• Author: Lord Henry Home Kames
• Editor: Abraham Mills
• Publisher: Huntington and Savage, 1845
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Aug 23, 2017
• Length: 504 pages