Reason Rule and Revolution in English Classicism

Reason, Rule, and Revolution in English Classicism

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 371 pp., xii. First published in 1940; Reprinted in 1965; this copy, Stated: "Second Octagon printing 1974". Contents divided into three "Books" and 19 Chapters: BOOK ONE: RELIGION AND CLASSICISM (I). "The Interplay of Religion and Science"; (II). "Facets of the Classical Way of Life"; (III). "Common Sense"; (IV). "The Function of the Poet"; (V). "The Endowment of the Poet"; (VI). "The Obligations of the Poet"; (VII). "Reality and Nature"; (VIII). "Poetic Justice and Ideal Nature"; (IX). "Style and Poetic Form"; BOOK TWO: THE WEIGHT OF THE RULES (X). "Authority and the Rules"; (XI). "The Doctrine of Literary Imitation"; (XII). "The Literary ' Kinds ' "; (XIII). "The Classical Ideal of Beauty"; BOOK THREE: SEEDS OF REVOLT (XIV). "The Survival of Elizabethan Romanticism"; (XV). "The Standard of Taste"; (XVI). "The Grace Beyond the Reach of Art"; (XVII). "The Extension of the Bounds of Taste"; (XVIII). "Sublimity"; (XIX). "Conclusion"; Bibliography, pp. 349-357; Index, pp. 361-371. NO DUSTWRAPPER. Maroon cloth with brilliant gilt lettering and publisher logo on spine brilliant gilt publisher logo also at upper center front cover. Front cover has a half-dozen very thin streaks of white from rubbing against something white, with several similar specks along right front cover edge (for about 3/4") just above midpoint on right edge; single 2", barely detectable streak of diminished maroon over darker maroon on rear cover at upper left rear cover: This all describes so much worse than it is, with book looking virtually new, apart from the very superficial blemishes, and, certainly, UNREAD. Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Nº de ref. del artículo: 002635

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