The Project Gutenberg EBook of Aspects of Literature, by J. Middleton MurryThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Aspects of LiteratureAuthor: J. Middleton MurryRelease Date: January 8, 2005 [EBook #14637]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ASPECTS OF LITERATURE ***Produced by Ted Garvin, Amy Cunningham and the Online Distributed Proofreading TeamASPECTS OF LITERATUREJ. MIDDLETON MURRYNEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXXCopyright, 1920Printed in Great BritainTO BRUCE RICHMOND TO WHOSE GENEROUS ENCOURAGEMENT I OWE SO MUCHPrefaceTwo of these essays, 'The Function of Criticism' and 'The Religion ofRousseau,' were contributed to the Times Literary Supplement; that on'The Poetry of Edward Thomas' in the Nation; all the rest save onehave appeared in the Athenæum.The essays are arranged in the order in which they were written, with two exceptions. The second part of the essay onTchehov has been placed with the first for convenience, although in order of thought it should follow the essay, 'The Cry inthe Wilderness.' More important, I have placed 'The Function of Criticism' first although it was written last, because ittreats of the broad problem of literary criticism, suggests a standard of values implicit elsewhere in the ...
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