Title The mirror and the lamp : romantic theory and the critical tradition / by M.H. Abrams

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1971 London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1971 ©1953

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Description 406 pages ; 20 cm Series Galaxy book Galaxy book. Contents Introduction: Orientation of critical theories -- Imitation and the mirror -- Romantic analogues of art and mind -- Development of the expressive theory of poetry and art -- Varieties of romantic theory, Wordsworth and Coleridge -- Varieties of romantic theory, Shelley, Hazlitt, Keble, and others -- Psychology of literary invention, mechanical and organic theories -- Psychology of literary invention, unconscious genius and organic growth -- Literature as a revelation of personality -- Criterion of truth to nature, romance, myth, and metaphor -- Science and poetry in romantic criticism Summary A study of different trends in English criticism during the first several decades of this century Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Criticism. Poetry -- History and criticism. Romanticism. ISBN 0195014715

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