The Making of Literature: Some Principles of Criticism Examined in the Light of Ancient and Modern Theory |
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Page 102
... DANTE A : S if to prove that all generalizations about the " Dark Ages " are false , we have ever before us the figure of Dante . It is not enough to say that Dante is a forerunner of the Renaissance , and that in him we have an early ...
... DANTE A : S if to prove that all generalizations about the " Dark Ages " are false , we have ever before us the figure of Dante . It is not enough to say that Dante is a forerunner of the Renaissance , and that in him we have an early ...
Page 105
... Dante , " spontaneous utterance . " He holds the opposite view . " Poetry and the language proper for it are an elaborate and painful toil . " When he advised the use of the Vernacular , he did not mean " the language of common life ...
... Dante , " spontaneous utterance . " He holds the opposite view . " Poetry and the language proper for it are an elaborate and painful toil . " When he advised the use of the Vernacular , he did not mean " the language of common life ...
Page 392
... Dante , 8 , 103- 109 Dickens , Charles , 63 , 237 , 312 Dionysius of Halicarnassus , 76 Divine Comedy , The : Dante , 102 Dostoievski , Feodor M. , 237 , 312 Doughty , Charles , 280 Dryden , John , 12 , 51 , 120 , 138 * . 148 , 149 ...
... Dante , 8 , 103- 109 Dickens , Charles , 63 , 237 , 312 Dionysius of Halicarnassus , 76 Divine Comedy , The : Dante , 102 Dostoievski , Feodor M. , 237 , 312 Doughty , Charles , 280 Dryden , John , 12 , 51 , 120 , 138 * . 148 , 149 ...
Contents
Contents CHAPTER PAGE I THE LIGHT FROM HEAVEN II | 11 |
THE FIRST CRITIC | 16 |
THE LITERATURE OF POWER | 22 |
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