A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts to the Present Day: Classical and medieval criticism. v. 2. From the renaissance to the decline of eighteenth century orthodoxy. v. 3. Modern criticism. Appendix I. The Oxford chair of poetry. Appendix II. American criticismDodd, Mead, and Company, 1900 - Criticism |
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