The ABC of Lit Crit

Author: 

Ellis, Frank H.

Credentials: 

Ph.D; Professor of English, Smith College

Using technical discussion, definition and example, Dr Ellis discusses the art and craft of literary criticism and uses a variety of essay forms to discuss the critical impulse. Critical essays on 17th and 18th century literature and poetry are used to illustrate the notions of criticism and its overall purpose. Excellent study of the origins, purpose and style inherent in literary criticism.

“ Recommended for research libraries…”
Professor M. Hawkins, UL, Alberta

Market: 
Literary Criticism, Critical apparatus; Samuel Johnson, D.Defoe, Savage, Thomas Grey
Release Date: 
8/2005
ISBN: 
Cloth: 1-933146-07-9
Price: 
$74.95
Trim Size: 
6 x 9
Pages: 
234
Illustrations: 
None
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036