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- ELEMENTARY GUIDE TO LITERARY CRITICISM
- F. V. N. PAINTER, A.M., D.D.
- Professor of Modern Languages in Roanoke College Author of "A History of Education," "History of English Literature," "Introduction to American Literature," etc.
- BOSTON, U.S.A. GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS The Athenæum Press 1903
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Part First
- FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
- CHAPTER I
- NATURE AND OFFICE OF CRITICISM
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES
- CHAPTER II
- THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORK
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES
- CHAPTER III
- SOME ÆSTHETIC PRINCIPLES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES
- Part Second
- RHETORICAL ELEMENTS
- CHAPTER IV
- WORDS, SENTENCES, PARAGRAPHS
- FOOTNOTES:
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES
- CHAPTER V
- FIGURES OF SPEECH
- FOOTNOTES:
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES
- CHAPTER VI
- STYLE
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES
- Part Third
- KINDS OF LITERATURE
- CHAPTER VII
- NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF POETRY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES
- CHAPTER VIII
- KINDS OF POETRY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES
- CHAPTER IX
- EPIC AND DRAMATIC POETRY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CHAPTER X
- NATURE AND FORMS OF PROSE
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CHAPTER XI
- ESSAYS AND ORATORY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- CHAPTER XII
- NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF FICTION
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- INDEX
- ADVERTISEMENTS
- BOOKS ON ENGLISH LITERATURE
- THE ATHENAEUM PRESS SERIES
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
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