Criticism Books
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Edith NesbitEdith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works. She set about to retell his plays in a language that child..
Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare
Horatius Flaccus QuintusThe Ars Poetica, by Horace, also known as Epistula ad Pisones, is a treatise on poetry written in the form of a letter, and published around 18 B.C. In it, Horace defines and exemplifies the nature, s..
Reviews
Oscar WildeWilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would have preferred to forget. As a matter of fact, I believe this v..
The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 2
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the ..
A Librarian's Open Shelf - Essays on Various Subjects
Arthur E. BostwickThe papers here gathered together represent the activities of a librarian in directions outside the boundaries of his professional career, although the influences of it may be detected in them here an..
Deutsche Literaturgeschichte in einer Stunde
Alfred HenschkeAlfred Henschke, better known by his pseudonym Klabund, was a German writer...
Remarks on Clarissa (1749)
Sarah FieldingPerhaps an Address of this Nature may appear very unaccountable, and whimsical; when I assure you, my Design is fairly to lay before you all the Criticisms, as far as I can remember them, that I have ..
English Literature for Boys and Girls
H. E. MarshallEnglish Literature for Boys and Girls is a book of criticism written by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, a British author, particularly well known for her works of popular national history for child..