April 1, 1951
VIII. On the Function of Criticism
MY CREDO (continued) Poetry is the use of certain techniques of language and certain forms in order to make vivid certain metaphors. The poet says “my experience is like this,” […]
April 1, 1951
IX. Not in Cold Blood
I am sure it is a very good thing for the editors of The Kenyon Review to set up this little group portrait of contemporary criticism (like those engravings of […]
April 1, 1951
X. The Teacher as a Critic
Like Newman, who so deeply influenced my youth and who continues to be one of my points de repère, I can most naturally exposit my present convictions by sketching the […]
January 1, 1951
V. The Formalist Critics
MY CREDO’ (continued) Here are some articles of faith I could subscribe to: That literary criticism is a description and an evaluation of its object. That the primary concern of […]
January 1, 1951
VI. The Humanist Critic¹
I have a very simple mind, and my simple creed could be set forth in a paragraph. But it is a matter of strong conviction, and, though a degree of […]
January 1, 1951
VII. The Archetypes of Literature
I Every organized body of knowledge can be learned progressively; and experience shows that there is also something progressive about the learning of literature. Our opening sentence has already got […]