Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. I. Theory of Criticism
5. 1. Art and Science 3
6. 2. Emotion and Art 7
7. 3. The Instruments of Criticism: Expression 12
8. 4. John Watson’s Behaviorism 16
9. 5. Belief 24
10. 6. Between Truth and Truth 37
11. 7. Max Eastman’s The Literary Mind: Its Place in an Age of Science 49
12. 8. Multiple Definition 56
13. 9. Meaning and Change of Meaning 73
14. 10. Emotive Language Still 88
15. 11. Semantics 98
16. 13 The Enlightening Eye 127
17. II. Practice of Criticism
18. 14. Gerard Hopkins 139
19. 15. The God of Dostoevsky 148
20. 16. A Passage to Forster 159
21. 17. Nineteen Hundred and Now 167
22. 18. Herbert Read's English Prose Style 178
23. 19. Notes on the Practice of Interpretation 189
24. 20. Lawrence as a Poet 198
25. 21. Literature, Oral-Aural and Optical 201
26. 22. Jesus' Other Life 209
27. 23. Beauty and Truth 215
28. 24. The Conduct of Verse 226
29. III Toward Autobiography
30. 25. The Lure of High Mountaineering 235
31. 26. The Secret of “Feedforward” 246
32. 27. An Interview Conducted by B. A. Boucher and J. P. Russo 254
33. Notes 271
34. Acknowledgments 290
35. Index 291