The Practice of CriticismMany people associate 'practical criticism' with a short-sighted brand of literary analysis which kills a student's interest in literature by drilling him to concentrate narrowly on verbal detail. Handled properly, however, practical criticism can play a vital part in a literature course, especially in the crucial stages in the last years at schools or first university year when many students are coming to literature seriously for the first time. This 1968 book is a useful introduction to practical criticism for students. It offers an impressive range of closely analysed passages and exercises, in prose and verse. Mr Rawlinson considers the problems of the beginner, and discussed the mistakes an misconceptions that sometimes spoil practical criticism courses. In his general discussion of topics such as rhythm, tone and imagery, the author is careful not to be too abstract; throughout the book precept is reinforced by example, theory by practice. |
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Contents
Rhythm Tone and the Dangers of Eyereading | 9 |
Imagery Metaphor and Visualisation | 18 |
Early and Late Shakespearean Verse | 26 |
Two Epitaphs by Ben Jonson | 41 |
An Early Draft of Blakes London | 45 |
another Blake Poem | 52 |
two Seventeenth Century Lyrics | 62 |
Herberts Life and E B Brownings Irreparableness | 67 |
Frost and Edward Thomas | 97 |
Jonsons To Heaven and Donnes Thou Hast Made Me | 104 |
Prose | 114 |
a Passage from George Eliots Daniel Deronda | 116 |
a Comparison of Passages from Thackeray and Lawrence | 121 |
Foerster | 128 |
Aphorisms by Franklin and Lawrence | 134 |
Two Modern Passages on Literary Criticism | 141 |
two more Herbert Poems | 73 |
Translations of a Latin Poem | 78 |
Additional Exercises | 83 |
two Poems by Hardy | 88 |
Notes on Exercises not Discussed in the Text | 151 |
Index of Authors Titles and Sources | 225 |
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