Publisher's Synopsis
In this volume R A Scott-James, an eminent writer and literary critic seeks to examine the functions of criticism and to discover the principles of art based upon the conscious evidence of the greatest creative writers from Homer to Hardy, from Aristotle to modern critics. His inquiry, pursued along the line of a continuous historical tradition, leads to some general conclusions applicable to the art of literature in our own or any other time. Some of the subjects covered in the book include Imitation in literature, Logic of taste, Inspiration, Expressionism, the novel, the critic, Emancipation, the works of Ben Johnson, Dryden, and Mathew Arnold among others. This book is a beneficial and important source of information for the students of English Literature, as well as the general readers interested in the subject.
