Principles of literary criticism

“Extraordinarily interesting.... He is erudite and he is intelligent; he makes the courageous attempt to be at the same time scientific and psychological; and he has the great advantage of having at his disposal a knowledge of semantics. His terms are clear, useful, and conveniently few.”— *The Nation*.

PREFACE

CHAPTER I The Chaos of Critical Theories

CHAPTER II The Phantom Æsthetic State

CHAPTER III The Language of Criticism

CHAPTER IV Communication and the Artist

CHAPTER V The Critics’ Concern with Value

CHAPTER VI Value as an Ultimate Idea

CHAPTER VII A Psychological Theory of Value

CHAPTER VIII Art and Morals