{"product_id":"the-practice-of-criticism-paperback-9780521095402","title":"The Practice of Criticism (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521095402","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Practice of Criticism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis useful introduction to practical criticism for students offers an impressive range of closely analysed passages and exercises, in prose and verse.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eD. H. Rawlinson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521095402, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 1968\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMany people associate 'practical criticism' with a short-sighted brand of literary analysis which kills a student's interest in literature by drilling him to concentrate narrowly on verbal detail. Handled properly, however, practical criticism can play a vital part in a literature course, especially in the crucial stages in the last years at schools or first university year when many students are coming to literature seriously for the first time. This 1968 book is a useful introduction to practical criticism for students. It offers an impressive range of closely analysed passages and exercises, in prose and verse. Mr Rawlinson considers the problems of the beginner, and discussed the mistakes an misconceptions that sometimes spoil practical criticism courses. In his general discussion of topics such as rhythm, tone and imagery, the author is careful not to be too abstract; throughout the book precept is reinforced by example, theory by practice.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Preface: aims and intentions\u003cbr\u003e 1. Practical criticism and 'method'\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rhythm, tone and the dangers of eye-reading\u003cbr\u003e 3. Imagery, metaphor and visualisation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Early and late Shakespearean verse\u003cbr\u003e 5. Two epitaphs for Ben Jonson\u003cbr\u003e 6. An early draft of Blake's London\u003cbr\u003e 7. Relevance and irrelevance in response: another Blake poem\u003cbr\u003e 8. Lyrical grace and warmth: two seventeenth-century lyrics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Emotion and emotionality: Herbert's 'Life' and E. B. Browning's 'Irrepatrableness'\u003cbr\u003e 10. Meaning stated and meaning created: two more Herbert poems\u003cbr\u003e 11. Translations of a Latin poem\u003cbr\u003e 12. Shakespeare's verse: additional exercises\u003cbr\u003e 13. A case of idiosyncrasy: two poems by Hardy\u003cbr\u003e 14. More creation versus statement: Frost and Edward Thomas\u003cbr\u003e 15. Contrasting poems\u003cbr\u003e Jonson's 'To Heaven' and Donne's 'Thou Hast Made Me'\u003cbr\u003e 16. Prose\u003cbr\u003e 17. Extracts from novels: a passage from George Eliot's Daniel Deronda\u003cbr\u003e 18. Extracts from novels: a comparison of passages from Thackeray and Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e 19. Two passages about belief: Foerster and Forster\u003cbr\u003e 20. Aphorisms by Franklin and Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e 21. Two modern passages on literary criticism\u003cbr\u003e 22. Two pieces of eighteenth-century literary criticism\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Exercises\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006384591128,"sku":"9780521095402","price":27.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521095402i_0e0246b3-6070-40ae-a90b-ed925e7e2498.jpg?v=1694970562","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-practice-of-criticism-paperback-9780521095402","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}