The mirror and the lamp : romantic theory and the critical tradition
M. H. Abrams (Author)
Traces the evolution of the Romantic approach to literary criticism and compares it to the other methods which prevailed in the early nineteenth century
xiii, 406 pages 25 cm.
9780195004656, 9780195014716, 0195004655, 0195014715
328390
Introduction: Orientation of critical theories
Imitation and the mirror
Romantic analogues of art and mind
The 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
The psychology of literary invention: Mechanical and organic theories
The psychology of literary invention: Unconscious genius and organic growth
Literature as a revelation of personality
The criterion of truth to nature: Romance, myth, and metaphor
Science and poetry in romantic criticism