The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, Volume I: Classical Criticism

The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, Volume I: Classical Criticism is the second reprint of the paperback version of 1993 of a work first published in hardback form in 1989. In an age somewhat obsessed with theory, the reprint serves as a salutary reminder that theory, and especially critical theory, is by no means a postmodern development. Indeed, theoretical discourse about literary matters goes back to the Ancient Greeks and Romans. George A. Kennedy’s clear and succinct preface indicates that the only essential differences between the ancient world and the modern, in terms of the context of criticism, are found...