Criticism: The Major Texts

action admiration ancient Aristotle artist beauty believe Ben Jonson blank verse called century character Chaucer classical Coleridge comedy common criticism delight distinction drama Dryden effect Eliot emotion English epic Epic poetry essay Euripides example excellent expression feeling French genius give Goethe Greek hath Hazlitt Homer human I. A. Richards ideal ideas Iliad images imagination imitation Irving Babbitt kind knowledge language learning less literary literature living Matthew Arnold means ment mind modern Molière moral nature neoclassic neoclassicism never object passion perfect perhaps persons philosopher Plato play pleasure plot poem Poesy poet poetic poetry Pope present principles produced prose reader reason rhyme romantic romanticism rules Sainte-Beuve scenes sense Shakespeare Sophocles soul speak style sublime T. S. Eliot taste theory things thought tion tragedy true truth unity verse whole words Wordsworth writing