About this title: This new paperback edition is a reprint of a classic textbook by the late Walter Jackson Bate, noted literary scholar and two-time Pulitzer prizewinner. It is a collection of important readings in literary criticism from Aristotle to the pre-theory part of the 20th century. No other book currently available provides as worthwhile and comprehensible a selection of readings in literary criticism, including texts from classical humanism through the Renaissance, Neoclassical, and Romantic traditions, and as far into contemporary literature as T. S. Eliot, I. A. Richards, and Edmund Wilson. This ...
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Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. ---610 pages. Interior has some pen and highlight marks. Tight binding. PO name on inside. Nice overall condition. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Clean text tight in block. Spine information is faded. Shelfwear along cover edges. Edges of pages are dust soiled. 610 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace (, New York
Date Published: 1952)
Description: First Edition. From classical critics to T.S. Eliot, I.A. Richards, Edmund Wilson. 610 pages. Heavy hardcover, very good condition (owner name in red marker) with very good minus dust jacket (creased tear; edgewear). read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Co., N.Y.
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Textbook. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Brown cloth covered boards, has some spots of ink stain on front boards, and wear on spine ends and corners, previous owner has signed name on front flyleaf and has a lot of underlining and margin notes. no d.j. 610 pages. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. Enlarged Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Edition: Enl ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780155161481ISBN:0155161482
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 719 p. Audience: General/trade. some pages marked either in pencil or pen read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace and World NY 1952
Description: Very Good. VG Brown cloth hardcover with no dj. Pencil underlining in section I on Artistotle and Plato (25 pages) ow clean 610pp vg/-- read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wolf Den Books
Date Published: 2002-04-02
ISBN-13:9780970803504ISBN:0970803508
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good; corners bumped; Cloth; 8vo; Date of Publication: '1952'; City of Publication: 'New York'; Subject: 'Literary Criticism' read more
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