Principles of Literary Criticism

1. THE CHAOS OF CRITICAL THEORIES . . 1
2. THE PHANTOM AESTHETIC STATE . 6
3. THE LANGUAGE OF CRITICISM . • • • . 12
4. COMMUNICATION AND THE ARTIST • . 17
5. THE CRITICS' CONCERN WITH VALUE 24
6. VALUE AS AN ULTIMATE IDEA 28
7. A PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY OF VALUE 33
8. ART AND MORALS . . • • • 44
9. ACTUAL AND POSSIBLE MISAPPREHENSIONS 48
10. POETRY FOR POETRY'S SAKE . • 54
11. A SKETCH FOR A PSYCHOLOGY • • . 62
12. PLEASURE . • • • • • 70
13. EMOTION AND THE COENESTHESIA • • 75
14. MEMORY • • • • • 79
15. ATTITUDES • • • • • • 82
16. THE ANALYSIS OF A POEM . • • • • 87
17. RHYTHM AND METRE • • • • . 103
18. ON LOOKMG AT A PICTURE • • . • . 113
19. SCULPTURE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF FORM . . 124


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20. THE IMPASSE OF MUSICAL THEORY . . . 130
21. A THEORY OF COMMUNICATION • • . . 135
22. THE AVAILABILITY OF THE POET'S I.,..XPERIENCE . . 139
23. TOLSTOY'S INFECTION THEORY . . . 1 144
24. THE NORMALITY OF THE ARTIST • • . • 148
25. BADNESS IN POETRY • • . 156
26. JUDGEMENT AND DIVERGENT READINGS . . . 162
27. LEVELS OF RESPONSE AND THE WIDTH OF APPEAL 165
28. THE ALLUSIVENESS OF MODERN POETRY . 168
29. PERMANENCE AS A CRITERION . . . . 172
30. THE DEFINITION OF A POEM . • • • 175
31. ART, PLAY, AND CIVILIZATION • • . • 180
32. THE IMAGINATION • • . . 188
33. TRUTH AND REVELATION THEORIES . • • . 200
34. THE TWO USES OF LANGUAGE . • • . . 206
35. POETRY AND BELIEFS . • • 215
APPENDIX A ON VALUE • • 229
APPENDIX B ON MR. ELIOT'S POETRY . . 231
INDEX • • . . . 239