The Critical Works of John Dennis, Volume 2Johns Hopkins Press, 1964 - Criticism |
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... sense in criticism Dennis diverged sharply from Rymer ; though he conceded that common sense might suffice in determining the value of certain obvious features in a work , yet he insisted that to perform the highest function of a critic ...
... sense in criticism Dennis diverged sharply from Rymer ; though he conceded that common sense might suffice in determining the value of certain obvious features in a work , yet he insisted that to perform the highest function of a critic ...
Page cx
... sense and a knowledge of the rules of art , but one cannot understand his critical theory without recognizing the fact that he held in greater esteem the part of the critic possessed of genius . Good sense , or common sense , is an ...
... sense and a knowledge of the rules of art , but one cannot understand his critical theory without recognizing the fact that he held in greater esteem the part of the critic possessed of genius . Good sense , or common sense , is an ...
Page 156
... Sense ; for , as my Lord RosCOMMON says , Sublime or Low , Unbounded or Intense , The Sound is still a Comment to the Sense . VIRGIL , I say , wherever the Noun , or the Verb derived from it , ends in a Consonant , employs it there in ...
... Sense ; for , as my Lord RosCOMMON says , Sublime or Low , Unbounded or Intense , The Sound is still a Comment to the Sense . VIRGIL , I say , wherever the Noun , or the Verb derived from it , ends in a Consonant , employs it there in ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
To the Spectator on Poetical Justice 1712 | 18 |
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