Elements of Criticism, Vol. 2 (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics)

✍ Scribed by Henry Home, Lord Kames

• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 464
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: F. J. Huntington in 1841 in 507 pages; Subjects: Criticism; Style, Literary; Drama / Shakespeare; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory; Literary Criticism / Shakespeare; Philosophy / Aesthetics; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern; Philosophy / Criticism;

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter......Page 1
Title Page......Page 5
Contents, p. vii......Page 7
Original Title Page, p. ix......Page 9
Contents, p. xi......Page 11
Chap. 18. Beauty of Language, 373......Page 13
Sect. 1. Beauty of Language with respect to Sound, 375......Page 15
Sect. 2. Beauty of Language with respect to Signification, 382......Page 22
Sect. 3. Beauty of Language from a resemblance between Sound and Signification, 428......Page 68
Sect. 4. Versification, 438......Page 78
Chap. 19. Comparisons, 495......Page 135
Sect. 1. Personification, 533......Page 173
Sect. 2. Apostrophe, 554......Page 194
Sect. 3. Hyperbole, 557......Page 197
Sect. 4. The Means or Instrument conceived to be the agent, 564......Page 204
Sect. 5. A figure which, among related Objects, extends the Properties of one to another, 565......Page 205
Sect. 6. Metaphor and Allegory, 570......Page 210
Sect. 7. Figure of Speech, 589......Page 229
Table 1. Subjects expressed figuratively, 594......Page 234
Table 2. Attributes expressed figuratively, 599......Page 239
Chap. 21. Narration and Description, 611......Page 251
Chap. 22. Epic and Dramatic Compositions, 649......Page 289
Chap. 23. The Three Unities, 670......Page 310
Chap. 24. Gardening and Architecture, 685......Page 325
Chap. 25. Standard of Taste, 719......Page 359
Appendix. Terms defined or explained, 729......Page 369
Original Index, p. 749......Page 389
Books Written by the Same Author, p. 777......Page 417
Index, p. 779......Page 419
End of the Volume, p. 821......Page 461