Wednesday, 14 June 2017

II MA English - Literary Criticism - Texts

Dear Students of II MA English,

Kindly have a personal copy of the following texts handled by me this current semester for the paper on Literary Criticism.

We shall begin the Literary Criticism class with Eliot’s essay on “The Metaphysical Poets.”

Arnold’s “Study of Poetry” [SR]
            T. S. Eliot’s “The Metaphysical Poets” [SR]
Harold Bloom’s “Preface and Prelude” from the Western Canon [SR]



Literary Criticism [CORE PAPER]

Part A – Aristotle’s Poetics [DW]
            Sidney’s Apologie for Poetrie [GPA]
            Johnson’s Life of Milton [GPA]
            Pope’s Essay on Criticism [GPA]
            Dryden’s An Essay on Dramatic Poesy [GPA]
            Wordsworth’s Preface to the Lyrical Ballads [JS]
            Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria – Chps 14 & 17 [JS]
            Shelley’s Defence of Poetry [JS]

Part B – Arnold’s “Study of Poetry” [SR]
            T. S. Eliot’s “The Metaphysical Poets” [SR]
            I. A. Richards’ “Four Kinds of Meaning” [DW]
            F. R. Leavis’ “Poetry and the Modern World” [DW]
            Cleanth Brooks’ “Irony as a Principle of Structure” [DW]
            Harold Bloom’s “Preface and Prelude” from the Western Canon [SR]

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