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KENNEDY, G.A., (ed.), The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1989. XVIII,378p. Cloth.Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper.Contents: G. NAGY: Early Greek views of poets and poetry (pp.1-78); G.A. KENNEDY: Language and meaning in Archaic and Classical Greece (pp.78-92); G.R.F. FERRARI: Plato and poetry (pp.92-149); St. HALLIWELL: Aristotle’s poetics (pp.149-184); G.A. KENNEDY: The evolution of a theory of artistic prose (pp.184-200); G.A. KENNEDY: Hellenistic literary and philosophical scholarship (pp.200-220); E. FANTHAM: The growth of literature and criticism at Rome (pp.220-245); D.C. INNES: Augustan critics (pp.245-274); E. FANTHAM: Latin criticism of the Early empire (pp.274-297); D.A. RUSSELL: Greek criticism of the Empire (pp.297-330); G.A. KENNEDY: Christianity and criticism (pp.330-347); Bibliography; Index. 'Literary criticism matters because ... it is concerned not simply with the narrow issue of how we should read specific texts, but with larger and more fundamental questions about the nature and function of literature. The new Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, which aims to provide a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the subject from classical antiquity to the present day, is therefore a welcome prospect. Volume One, the first of a projected nine volumes, covers the whole field of ancient criticism up to the early fourth century AD and provides the sort of thorough and judicious account that we would expect from a standard work of reference.' (Times Higher Education Supplement). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 59.50 (Antiquarian) ISBN: 9780521300063