Overview
In England literary consciousness had its beginning in the middle ages, and this book, originally published in 1943, describes and illustrates the first phases of the growth of a tradition of criticism. It does not confine itself to writers whose interest was in the vernacular, for there was a larger European movement of which English criticism was a part. It embodied much of the ancient teaching, but it shows recurring efforts to arrive at the nature and art of poetry; it provides a key to contemporary literature and is of great help in understanding what really happened at the 16th Century Renaissance.
- | Author: J. W. H. Atkins
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: May 01, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 224 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0367763303
- | ISBN-13: 9780367763305
