The literature is not like a plane surface, spread out everywhere and equally visible in every part. It is like the soil, a secession of strata through which the explore must drive his shaft.

The use and value of Anthologies with an Introduction by Dr. Richard Garnett is covering a compilation of selection from the great writers- ancient, medieval and modern. The main features are biographical and explanatory notes, critical essays etc.

The book will be of great interest to the research scholars and to the literary person but will be of general interest to those who love literature without any barriers of language or country.

Literary criticism has probably existed for as long as literature. Aristotle wrote the Poetics, a typology and description of literary forms with many specific criticism of contemporary of literary form with many specific criticisms of contemporary works, in the 4th century BC. Poetics developed for the first time the concepts of mimesis and catharsis, which are still crucial in literary study. Plato's attacks on poetry as imitative, secondary, and false were formative as well. Later classical and medieval criticism often focused on religious texts, and the several long religious traditions of hermeneutics and textual exegesis have had a profound influence on the study of secular texts.

This encyclopaedic work on literary criticism is unique one encompassing within its fold various theories of literary criticism. Drawn from authoritative sources, penned by great men of literary wit, efforts are made to make this work representative.

The literature is not like a plane surface, spread out everywhere and equally visible in every part. It is like the soil, a secession of strata through which the explore must drive his shaft.

The Appreciation of Poetry with an Introduction by Edmund- Goose is covering a compilation of selection from the great writers- ancient, medieval and modern. The main features are biographical and explanatory notes, critical essays etc.

The book will be of great interest to the research scholars and to the literary person but will be of general interest to those who love literature without any barriers of language or country.

The Encyclopaedia of English Literature presents literary schools, movements, forms, criticism and techniques-including drama and the theatre from the earliest times of literary and critical terms and ideas; with other material that may provide background of understanding to all who, as creator, critic, or receptor. This encyclopaedia is a guide to the key authors, concepts, and terms used in the study of literature written in English. Each entry begins with a straightforward definition, and is followed by explanation and examples. Each writer is defined by type, significant preoccupation and /or style, and a selection of notable works. There are a number of entries on writers in a foreign language who have had a major influence on literature in English.