The results of this investigation may be presented in a written critique, in which the value of the work as a whole, in the light of correct æsthetic and critical principles, should be determined. It will sometimes be found that novels of wide popularity are destitute of great intrinsic excellence.
INDEX
- Æsthetics defined, [34];
- æsthetic elements, [35].
- Allegory, [71].
- Alliteration, [114].
- Analogy, argument from, [172].
- Anglo-Saxon and Latin elements of English, [56].
- Annals, [158].
- Antithesis, [75].
- Apostrophe, [73].
- Argumentation, [87];
- four kinds of, [172].
- Artistic element in literature, [8].
- Author and his work, [19];
- personality of, [19];
- mental qualities of, [19];
- character of, [20];
- view of life of, [22];
- literary school of, [24];
- mood and purpose of, [24];
- life of, [27].
- Autobiographic elements in literature, [21].
- Autobiography, [162].
- Ballad defined, [134].
- Beauty, [35].
- Biography, [160];
- three types of, [161];
- essentials of, [161].
- Blank verse, [117].
- Cæsura, [118].
- Character and authorship, [21].
- Chronicle, [158].
- Classic writers, [4].
- Climax, [75].
- Comedy, [148].
- Criticism, defined, [2];
- history of, [3];
- standard of, [3];
- requisites of, [4];
- as an art, [5];
- diversity of, [5];
- diversity of, explained, [6];
- utility of, [7];
- materials of, [8].
- Description, [35], [42], [85].
- Diary, [162].
- Diction, [58].
- Discourse, kinds of, [84].
- Drama, [148-153];
- unity of, [149];
- five principal parts, [150];
- other elements, [150].
- Dramatis personae, [151].
- Elegy, [137].
- Eloquence, source of, [169].
- English language, composite, [55];
- copious, [56];
- elements of, [56];
- what elements to choose, [57].
- Enjambement, [118].
- Epic poetry, [146];
- different species of, [147];
- mock epic, [147].
- Epigram, [76].
- Essay, [167];
- principal forms of, [167];
- criteria of, [168].
- Exclamation, [73].
- Exposition, [87].
- Fable, [72].
- Faculties, symmetrical, [92].
- Farce, [149].
- Felicity of expression, [38].
- Fiction, defined, [178];
- elements of, [181];
- characters of, [182];
- incidents of, [182];
- environment in, [183];
- plot in, [183];
- aim of, [184];
- view of life of, [184];
- kinds of, [184];
- society novel, [185];
- local novel, [185];
- historical novel, [186];
- problem or purpose novel, [187];
- love story, [188];
- marine novel, [189];
- psychologic novel, [189];
- short story, [190].
- Figures, defined, [68];
- kinds of, [68];
- of resemblance, [69];
- of contrast, [75].
- Harmony of thought and expression, [37].
- Heroism, [41].
- History, defined, [156];
- divisions of, [157];
- methods of, [158];
- criteria of, [163].
- Humor, [46].
- Hymns, [135].
- Hyperbole, [74].
- Idealism, [180].
- Imagination, [89];
- ill-governed, [90].
- Interrogation, [76].
- Irony, [77].
- Life, an author's view of, [22].
- Literary school, [24].
- Love in literature, [40];
- love story, [188].
- Ludicrous, the, in literature, [44].
- Matter and form in literature, [9].
- Metaphor, [70].
- Meter, [111], [116].
- Metonymy, [72].
- Mind, generic differences of, [88].
- Mock epic, [147].
- Molding influences in literature, [8].
- Moral character, [20];
- moral sublime, [43].
- Narration, [86].
- Necessity of understanding a work, [1].
- Novel and romance, [178].
- See [Fiction].
- Ode defined, [136].
- Opera, [149].
- Oration, divisions of, [170];
- criteria of, [174].
- Oratory, [169];
- different kinds of, [170].
- Parable, [72].
- Paragraph, [62].
- Parody, [45].
- Period in verse, [118].
- Personification, [70].
- Poet, the, [105];
- as seer, [106].
- Poetic license, [120-122].
- Poetry, defined, [103];
- and prose, [104];
- sources of, [104];
- classification of, [130];
- didactic, [130];
- descriptive, [132];
- pastoral, [133];
- lyric, [134];
- criteria of, [138];
- epic, [145].
- Prose and poetry, [104];
- defined, [156].
- Purpose of literary study, [1].
- Realism, [179].
- Rhyme, [112];
- different kinds of, [112-114].
- Romance, metrical, [147];
- defined, [178].
- See [Fiction].
- Romanticism, [179].
- Satire, [45], [131].
- Sensibilities in ascendant, [90].
- Sentences, different kinds of, [60];
- qualities of, [61].
- Simile, [69].
- Song defined, [135].
- Sonnet, [137].
- Spiritual truth, [39].
- Stanza, defined, [115];
- different kinds of, [115-117].
- Style, [61];
- defined, [84];
- importance of, [94];
- poetic, [120].
- Synecdoche, [72].
- Tale, metrical, [147];
- of adventure, [188].
- Taste, literary, [34].
- Tenderness and pathos, [43].
- Tragedy, [148].
- Tragi-comedy, [148].
- Versification, defined, [107];
- quantity in, [107];
- accent in, [107];
- poetic feet in, [108-110];
- time element in, [111];
- meter in, [111].
- Vision, [74].
- Will, force of, in literature, [91].
