Project Gutenberg 2011-05-28 Public domain in the USA. 264 Spingarn, Joel Elias 1875 1939 A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism Produced by Siobhan Hillman, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance" by Joel Elias Spingarn is a scholarly exploration of literary criticism as it developed during the Renaissance, written in the late 19th century. The work primarily examines the influence of Italian criticism on the formation and evolution of modern classicism, with a detailed focus on the critical activities from Dante to Tasso, Du Bellay to Boileau, and Ascham to Milton. The central theme of the book seeks to address how the Renaissance redefined the appreciation of imaginative literature, stressing the importance of beauty and aesthetic consciousness in the evolution of literary criticism. The opening of the essay outlines its intention to trace the history of literary criticism in the Renaissance, dividing it into three main sects: Italian, French, and English criticism. It begins by discussing the mediæval distrust of literature and the necessity for the Renaissance to validate imaginative works. Spingarn articulates the philosophical debates surrounding poetry's justification, establishing the groundwork for modern critical thought by contrasting it with medieval perspectives. Additionally, he emphasizes the return to ancient ideals and the role of Italian humanism as pivotal to the development of the classic spirit in modern literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36245/36245-h/images/coverdecoration.jpg en Criticism Renaissance PN Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Literature 785892 785901 2024-09-15T10:39:23.526364 2023-09-16T04:30:25.522086 text/html text/html 779444 2011-05-28T17:47:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 316381 2011-05-28T17:47:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 383408 2024-09-15T10:39:38.506307 application/epub+zip 392065 2024-09-15T10:39:26.171363 application/epub+zip 332533 2024-09-15T10:39:24.817364 application/epub+zip 646651 2024-09-15T10:39:46.629243 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 565690 2024-09-15T10:39:36.923306 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506272 2022-09-16T14:19:08.148429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544942 544836 2024-09-15T10:39:20.704406 2023-09-16T04:30:23.003059 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 544220 2011-05-28T17:47:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 195289 2011-05-28T17:47:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 544395 2011-05-28T17:50:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 194620 2011-05-28T17:51:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20396 2024-09-15T10:39:46.822248 application/rdf+xml 20774 2024-09-15T10:39:25.039364 image/jpeg 3429 2024-09-15T10:39:24.930389 image/jpeg 313799 2024-09-15T10:39:23.582396 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog