English Literary Criticism - The Renascence (Hardcover)

Originally published in 1947, this volume reviews the critical achievement at the Renaissance. It discusses the ideas of literature then current in England, as revealed in contemporary theorizing and judgments. The period has sometimes been dismissed as lacking great critics, and the critical works themselves have been described as elementary and remote, but, as this work shows, viewed in the light of what came before and after, those texts will be found to be of considerable interest and possess intrinsic and historical value. This book charts the course of the movement and the main findings and their significance in critical history. There is an emphasis to show the part payed by the medieval tradition, with its inheritance of post-classical and patristic doctrine; the lead given by 15th Century Italian and other Humanists and the no less important attempts of independent native writers to work out new artistic and dramatic theory of their own.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	J. W. H. Atkins on Literary Criticism
Release date:	May 2021
First published:	1947
Authors:	J W H Atkins
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	382
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-76331-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
LSN:	0-367-76331-1
Barcode:	9780367763312

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