Elements of CriticismGraphic Arts Books, 2021 M11 16 - 646 pages Elements of Criticism (1762) is a philosophical work by Henry Home, Lord Kames. Published at the height of his career as a leading legal and cultural figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, Elements of Criticism has been credited as a crucial academic work in the development of modern English literary studies. “The science of criticism tends to improve the heart not less than the understanding...A just taste in the fine arts, by sweetening and harmonizing the temper, is a strong antidote to the turbulence of passion and violence of pursuit. Elegance of taste procures to a man so much enjoyment at home, or easily within reach, that in order to be occupied, he is, in youth, under no temptation to precipitate into hunting, gaming, drinking; nor, in middle age, to deliver himself over to ambition; nor, in old age, to avarice.” Although he is largely unheard of today, Henry Home was an integral figure in the elevation of the art of literary criticism as a subject in universities around Britain and the world. His central thesis is that criticism itself stems from the senses and directly relates to humanity’s capacity for reason. Through art, Home believed, humanity could live both morally and in harmony with the natural world, thereby creating a civilization rooted in virtue and creativity. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Henry Home, Lord Kames’ Elements of Criticism is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers. |
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... com Publishing Director: Jennifer Newens Design & Production: Rachel Lopez Metzger Project Manager: Micaela Clark Typesetting: Westchester Publishing Services CONTENTS VOLUME I INTRODUCTION I. PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS IN A.
Henry Home, Lord Kames. CONTENTS. VOLUME I INTRODUCTION I. PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS IN A TRAIN II. EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS III. BEAUTY IV. GRANDEUR AND SUBLIMITY V. MOTION AND FORCE VI. NOVELTY, AND THE UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE OF OBJECTS VII ...
... perception, distinguishes remarkably hearing and seeing from the other senses; and distinguishes still more ... perceptions are of external objects, and our first attachments are to them. Organic pleasures take the lead. But the ...
... PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS IN A TRAIN A man while. 1. See the Appendix, § 13. 2. Du Bos judiciously observes, that silence doth not tend to calm an agitated mind; but that soft and slow music hath a fine effect. 3. A taste for natural objects ...
... perceptions is in a great measure regulated by the foregoing relations. Where a number of things are linked together, the idea of anyone suggests the rest; and in this manner is a train of thoughts composed. Such is the law of ...
Contents
BEAUTY | |
GRANDEUR AND SUBLIMITY | |
MOTION AND FORCE | |
NOVELTY AND THE UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE OF OBJECTS | |
RISIBLE OBJECTS | |
CUSTOM AND HABIT | |
EXTERNAL SIGNS OF EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS | |
SENTIMENTS | |
LANGUAGE OF PASSION | |
BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE | |
VOLUME III | |
COMPARISONS | |
FIGURES | |
RESEMBLANCE AND CONTRAST | |
OF UNIFORMITY AND VARIETY | |
VOLUME II | |
CONGRUITY AND PROPRIETY | |
OF DIGNITY AND MEANNESS | |
RIDICULE | |
XIII | |
NARRATION AND DESCRIPTION | |
EPIC AND DRAMATIC COMPOSITIONS | |
THE THREE UNITIES | |
GARDENING AND ARCHITECTURE | |
STANDARD OF TASTE | |