The study class : a guide for the student of English literature . balance or calmness compared with the essay of theearlier time? (Topic XXVIII.) TOPIC XXX. Essentials of Literary Criticism. I. The history of the essay has shown a markedgrowth in literary criticism, both as to amount andmerit. Discuss some of the requirements demanded ofwriters in this field, with illustrations chosen from thosewho have been best equipped in these several ways: 1. Learning. Importance of a knowledge of what hasbeen previously done in a given field. Which classof writers, critical or creative, can best dispense
The study class : a guide for the student of English literature . balance or calmness compared with the essay of theearlier time? (Topic XXVIII.) TOPIC XXX. Essentials of Literary Criticism. I. The history of the essay has shown a markedgrowth in literary criticism, both as to amount andmerit. Discuss some of the requirements demanded ofwriters in this field, with illustrations chosen from thosewho have been best equipped in these several ways: 1. Learning. Importance of a knowledge of what hasbeen previously done in a given field. Which classof writers, critical or creative, can best dispense withsearch and knowledge ? 2. Picturesqaeness. A man of information, howevergreat, will fail as a critic unless he be also master of thearts of perspective, with power to exhibit the qualityof a mans mind and the amount of his literary perform-ance. Effect of writing for periodicals on this power ? 3. Freedo?n from bias. Compare present conditionswith the days when it was said truthfully of theEdinburgh Review, that it was prone to decide upon the study future? What the grea\2iz:: venier.: ;: ?.s kii
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