18. Critics and Criticism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Credits and Sources xiii
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction xvii
7. 1. Dr. Edgar’s Book 1
8. 2. Art Does Need Sociability 7
9. 3. Music in Poetry 9
10. 4. The Anatomy in Prose Fiction 23
11. 5. The Nature of Satire 39
12. 6. Nichols and Kirkup’s The Cosmic Shape 58
13. 7. R.F. Patterson’s The Story of English Literature 59
14. 8. The Function of Criticism at the Present Time 60
15. 9. The Four Forms of Prose Fiction 77
16. 10. Levels of Meaning in Literature 90
17. 11. A Conspectus of Dramatic Genres 104
18. 12. The Archetypes of Literature 120
19. 13. Three Meanings of Symbolism 136
20. 14. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes 146
21. 15. Towards a Theory of Cultural History 150
22. 16. Art in a New Modulation 169
23. 17. Ministry of Angels 175
24. 18. Critics and Criticism 184
25. 19. Myth as Information 189
26. 20. Content with the Form 197
27. 21. Forming Fours 203
28. 22. The Language of Poetry 214
29. 23. The Transferability of Literary Concepts 224
30. 24. An Indispensable Book 230
31. 25. “Preface” and “Introduction: Lexis and Melos” 235
32. 26. The Ulysses Theme and Tragic Themes in Western Literature 249
33. 27. Nature and Homer 254
34. 28. Sir James Frazer 267
35. 29. Interior Monologue of M. Teste 276
36. 30. World Enough without Time 284
37. 31. Literature as Possession 295
38. 32. New Directions from Old 307
39. 33. The Well-Tempered Critic (I) 322
40. 34. The Well-Tempered Critic (II) 337
41. 35. Myth, Fiction, and Displacement 401
42. 36. The Imaginative and the Imaginary 420
43. 37. The Educated Imagination 436
44. Notes 495
45. Emendations 521
46. Index 523